Lexicon. Pretty simple. If the concept of heteronormative exists โ and it clearly does โ then the idea of placing the agenda of what great apes want also exists. Thus, primatonormative.
Here we have our cat Boots, obviously thinking our primatonormative agenda doesnโt interest him:
Lexicon. Youโd think it wouldnโt come up much, but there I was, watching an episode of Property Brothers on HGTV, and after the reveal they were talking about how they had so much more โspaceโฆโ
This is from Creature Comforts, a short similar to Wallace and Gromit by Nick Park and his Aardman clay animation crew. As the jaguar speaks, the Brasilian accent is vital.
Lexicon. A two-word portmanteau, referring to the candy Almond Roca, and to how our dogs will root around in our catsโ litter boxes, looking for cat turds to eat.
By way of the usually reliable Mr. Kottke comes this fun mash-up:
From my friend David D Levine comes a pointer to this post about a poignant burial site โ which includes the oldest record we have of a domesticated dog. The skeleton of a puppy, from 14,000 years ago. Plus a woman in her twenties, and a man in his forties. Buried โwith honour and ceremony.โ
But thereโs no question the dog was domesticated. It was nursed โthrough three bouts of distemper when it was four to five months old.โ
More at this 2018 paper.