Why do we like some animals while we are instantly repulsed by others? Arguing that our understanding of nature has been shaped by photography as much as by experience, Henry Carroll examines images both traditional and experimental. In surveying the many ways we relate to animals—turning them into pets, icons, and food—Carroll presents photos of a bear confronting a swimmer at a pool, a pair of webbed feet with the duck airbrushed out of the image, and a beetle seen close-up that appears to be larger than the pyramids.