Authors' Note xiii
1. Dr. House, Meet Doctor Dolittle 3
Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine
2. The Feint of Heart 25
Why We Pass Out
3. Jews, Jaguars, and Jurassic Cancer 40
New Hope for an Ancient Diagnosis
4. Roar-gasm 70
An Animal Guide to Human Sexuality
5. Zoophoria 111
Getting High and Getting Clean
6. Scared to Death 139
Heart Attacks in the Wild
7. Fat Planet 168
Why Animals Get Fat and How They Get Thin
8. Grooming Gone Wild 204
Pain, Pleasure, and the Origins of Self-Injury
9. Fear of Feeding 226
Eating Disorders in the Animal Kingdom
10. The Koala and the Clap 249
The Hidden Power of Infection
11. Leaving the Nest 273
Animal Adolescence and the Risky Business of Growing Up
12. Zoobiquity 301
Acknowledgments 315
Notes 319
Index 379