Nick Crumpton

Why do cats meow?

Curious Questions about Your Favourite Pet
Illustrator: Snowden-Fine, Lily

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A humorous book that poses and answers twenty questions about our feline friends and what makes them so unique

Produktdetails

• Favourite Pets
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 308mm x 238mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780500652381
• ISBN-10: 0500652384
• Artikelnr.: 58772070

Autorenporträt

Lily Snowden-Fine is the illustrator of Why do dogs sniff bottoms?, also published by Thames & Hudson. Dr Nick Crumpton is a zoologist at University College London. He is also the author of The Amazing Animal Atlas.

Inhaltsangabe

Lions in your living room: How long have people kept pet cats? . The good,
the bad and the snuggly: How many different cats are there? . Making their
mark: Do cats have territories? . Caterwauling kitties: Why do cats meow? .
Feeling the way: What do a cat's whiskers do? . Following your nose: Why do
cats have wet noses? . Wary of the water: Why don't cats like water? . An
appetite for destruction: Why do cats like scratching things? .
Unbreakable: Do cats have nine lives? . Moody moggies: Is my cat ignoring
me? . Celestial creatures: Why were cats worshipped? . Cats in high places:
Could cats rule the world? . Hunting instinct: Why do cats bring us dead
animals? . Family matters: Where do cats like to have kittens? . Clean
freak: Why do cats lick their own bottoms? . Content as can be: How can you
keep your cat healthy? . Cat words: Index . Witches and omens: Do cats
bring bad luck? . What a cat sees: Can cats see in the dark? . Petting your
pet: Do cats like being stroked?