Anthropomorphizing Animals In the Anthropocene

What is your dog saying? And how will the mountain lions find the overpass?

Judging from the number of Instagrams that involve talking to donkeys about their meditation practice or to preening cats about their Met Gala fashion choice or to dogs who’ve learned to “talk” with word buttons (If you haven’t met Bunny on Instagram, run don’t walk) one must conclude that anthropomorphism of animals is at an all-time high. I spend hour…