Sylvan Coleman

Having been a third culture kid, growing up in India, Arabia and Africa, the author was able to keep all manner of pets from pigeons to peacocks and billy goats to baboons. And so gained unique insight into the realm of animal personalities and propensities - They’re basically us, but without filters. At nineteen, he lived on a farm with only animals for a whole year and no human contact. Surrounded by so many, he completely forgot how to talk ‘human’ but amazingly started to understand ‘animal’?! Who would have known - cows love techno. Blind dogs trust no one. Roosters are primadonnas. Hens are so gullible. Field mice hold arranged, all night parties. Bulls are big, soft romantics - loving whistled melodies and sunsets. All of this led him to a deep appreciation of the relationships between animals.