Animals are funny, aren't they? I've watched countless cat videos (and the occasional dog one too), many of which show cats jumping out of their lives at the sight of a cucumber or tentatively giving another cat a cuff so they end up falling downstairs. Cats are funny because they are familiar and don't seem to have given up their essential selves - they do as they please.And wild animals? Joynson-Hicks and Sullam set out to prove that wild animals can be comedic too. And they are only partly successful.
Many of the pictures in this book are simply not even grin inducing, even with the addition of explanatory captions eg a zebra showing its teeth simply looks like normal behaviour to me as does a bird standing by a tree. The cover picture is perhaps one of the best, but many, perhaps most, are not able to stand alone. In defter caption writer hands, perhaps more could have been made of this - I'd have loved to see Larson of Farside Gallery's take on some of these images.
Verdict: A silly stroll on the wild side.
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