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Simultaneously affectionate and suspicious, adaptive and intractable, dependent and aloof, cats are the least tamed and yet the most successful domestic species. Drawing upon new research into cat genetics, brain chemistry, evolution, social behavior, and interaction with humans and fellow... read more
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There are no search-and-rescue cats, guard cats, Seeing Eye cats, bomb-detecting cats, drug-sniffing cats, escaped-convict-tracking cats, sheep cats, sled cats, gun cats, obedience-trained cats, Frisbee-catching cats, or slipper-fetching cats.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Cat Plot to Take Over the World, and Succeed
2. Black Cats and Tabby Cats
3. The War Between the Sexes and Other Oddities of Feline Society
4. Outta My Face, and Other Useful Expressions
5. The Thinking Cat's Guide to Intelligence
6. The Cat Personality Test
7. Cats and Trouble
Acknowledgments
Sources and Further Reading
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen Budiansky (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0670030937
Page Count: 227
Publisher: Viking
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0670030937
Page Count: 227
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 636
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