The Ju-Jitsu of the Peahen: Illustrated Essays on Death, Dying, Altruism and Natural Selection from an Unlikely Natural Historian

A unconventional look at why we die,why we are unselfish and tangentially, why the peacock has such a refined backend embellishment. It examines some of the traits natural selection has paradoxically imbued our species with and why we seem to possess so many traits counterproductive to our survival.