Cats Hear with Their Feet: Where Cats Come from, What We Know About Them, and What They Think About Us: Where Cats Come From, What We Know About Them, and What They Think About Us - Hardcover

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Do Cats Hear with Their Feet? traces the evolution of cats from the time they first adapted their feline form about 20 million years ago. Exploring every aspect of a cat's life--from predation, to play, to communication--Jake Page shows us what a cat's daily life is really like. He gives us a cat's-eye view of a bird hunt in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and explains why cats will hunt even when they are full, and why no self-respecting cat would eat vegetables. In sections that will be of interest to every cat owner, Jake Page demonstrates why territory is all-important to cats, investigates cat ESP, and shows that cats have, in fact, never been fully domesticated; they've just graciously decided to reside with us. Beautifully illustrated, this engaging book is full of surprising facts. Did you know: Black cats do better in the crowded conditions of cities than any other color? Cats are as allergic to humans as humans are to cats? Cats have survived falls from heights of over seven stories?

Do Cats Hear with Their Feet? will show readers exactly why cats are such amazing creatures, and why humans have been crazy about them for centuries.

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Cats and humans have a lengthy history together-going back 9500 years, as evidenced by a grave in Cyprus of a man buried with his cat-but the past two decades have significantly advanced our body of scientific knowledge about the cat. Felids evidently emerged in a near ideal form for being a slick predator, as their basic shape has changed little over the millennia. Today, we have about 30 types of wild cats and over 40 breeds of house cat, yet the major structural differences between them are in skull size. This engaging book answers our most burning questions about this charismatic and inquisitive species.
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Jake Page was the founding editor of Doubleday's Natural History Press, as well as editorial director of Natural History magazine and science editor of Smithsonian magazine. He has written more than forty books on the natural sciences, zoological topics, and Native American affairs, as well as mystery fiction. He and his wife live in northern Colorado with six dogs and a steady supply of dog hair, available free.

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  • PublisherCollins
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 0061456489
  • ISBN 13 9780061456480
  • BindingHardcover
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  • Number of pages256
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