Desmond Morris

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born

January 24, 1928 in Purton, North Wiltshire, England, The United Kingdom

gender

male

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http://www.desmond-morris.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Science

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Desmond John Morris is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist, but is also known as a surrealist artist and author.

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Books by Desmond Morris

Average rating: 3.88 · 3,768 ratings · 325 reviews · 59 distinct works

	The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal 3.86 avg rating — 1,877 ratings — published 1967 — 34 editions	My rating:
	The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal 3.97 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1969 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Catwatching 3.89 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body 3.79 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language 3.86 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behaviour 4.07 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1920 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Dogwatching 3.91 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Intimate Behavior: A Zoologist's Classic Study of Human Intimacy 3.84 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Catlore 3.66 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Amazing Baby: The Amazing Story of the First Two Years of Life 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:

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“Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely to be female.”
― Desmond Morris

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“...In little more than a single century from 1820 to 19450, no less than fifty-nine million human animals were killed in inter-group clashes of one sort or another.... We describe these killings as men behaving "like animals," but if we could find a wild animal that showed signs of acting this way, it would be more precise to describe it as behaving like men.”
― Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal

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“My writing, on the other hand, is always done with my readers in mind. I never write for my own amusement. I always try to put across an idea that I feel is important, in the most easily readable form I can manage. This has annoyed some of my academic colleagues, who feel that I am oversimplifying my subject, but I argue that at least my writings are widely read, while theirs stay firmly within the confines of their academic ivory towers. And I always work with one special rule in mind: simplification without distortion. This is, in fact, much harder than the usual self-indulgent academic writing.”
― Desmond Morris

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