Why Do Cats Have Whiskers

Author : Elizabeth MacLeod
Publisher : Kids Can Press
ISBN 13 : 9781554531967
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do Cats Have Whiskers? written by Elizabeth MacLeod and published by Kids Can Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that cats can smell over 200 million different scents? Or that you can communicate with your cat just by blinking? These are just a few of the cat facts to discover in this ultimate companion book for young cat owners and admirers. How did cats and humans begin to live together? How were cats treated in ancient times? Why do cats like to bump up against you? How do you know if a cat is pedigreed? Here you'll find the answers to these and many more questions, plus lore, legends, superstitions, hero-stories, quizzes and cat training tips. Feline Facts: ? The Chartreux breed's rounded forehead and long, narrow muzzle make it look like it's always smiling ? Famed English scientist Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat flap for his cat Spithead ? Long ago in Burma, cats were owned by royalty and priests, and legends say that each cat had its very own servant ? A cat's ear contains 32 muscles - compared to a human's 6 ? A cat named Ninja once traveled more than 850 miles to find its old house ? The Turkish Van cat actually likes swimming

Author : Pamela Merritt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998035703
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of Cats written by Pamela Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of Cats is a way of playing games with our cat. These communication, training, and affection games are fun and easy to learn. Then we have well-behaved and happy cats.

Author : Desmond Morris
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307806278
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catwatching written by Desmond Morris and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first in the popular Watching series, explains everything from why cats purr to why we say it's raining cats and dogs. 26 black-and-white photographs.

Author : The Conversation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760760915
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do Tigers Have Whiskers? written by The Conversation and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A beautifully illustrated resource for parents and children alike, bringing the wonder of science to kids. It's not the answer that gets you the Nobel Prize, it's the question!' - Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Do sharks sneeze? Do butterflies remember being caterpillars? Why don't cats wear shoes? Children have an insatiable curiosity for the world around them, and life can be an endless source of fascination for young minds. But do you have all the answers? And are they actually correct? Maybe you need to ask an expert ... Adapted from The Conversation's highly successful Curious Kids online column, Why Do Tigers Have Whiskers? is the first book in a series exploring some of life's most pressing questions, submitted by children and answered by leading experts in each field. 'After editing Curious Kids for The Conversation for so many years, I've developed a deep respect for how children see the world in ways adults cannot,' says series editor Sunanda Creagh. 'I love their unalloyed awe at the world and brilliant inability to worry about looking silly by asking questions that range from the blindingly simple to the deeply weird. And in every answer we publish on The Conversation - each penned by an academic expert in their field - there is always something for adults to learn, too.' In this first book on animals, venture into the jungle to discover why tigers need whiskers, dig deep with echidnas to find out how they breathe underground, and shimmy up a tree with your pet cat to learn how it uses its claws. Future books will cover such topics as the ocean, outer space, the human body and language. Aimed at kids aged 4-7, the series asks the big questions about the world as only a child could, with factual explanations that break down the fundamentals and check our assumptions. A glossary helps young readers learn more complex terms, and immersive collages illustrate each answer, with layers of stuff to marvel at and identify. Learn the why, the how and the wow! as you explore your world through the eyes of a curious kid.

Author : Laurie Cinotto
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596439378
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee written by Laurie Cinotto and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hip, fun, photo-heavy guide to all things kitten from the eponymous website"--

Author : John Gray
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374718792
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feline Philosophy written by John Gray and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats—and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves. The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can learn more from cats--the animal that has most captured our imagination--than from the great thinkers of the world. In Feline Philosophy, the philosopher John Gray discovers in cats a way of living that is unburdened by anxiety and self-consciousness, showing how they embody answers to the big questions of love and attachment, mortality, morality, and the Self: Montaigne's house cat, whose un-examined life may have been the one worth living; Meo, the Vietnam War survivor with an unshakable capacity for "fearless joy"; and Colette's Saha, the feline heroine of her subversive short story "The Cat", a parable about the pitfalls of human jealousy. Exploring the nature of cats, and what we can learn from it, Gray offers a profound, thought-provoking meditation on the follies of human exceptionalism and our fundamentally vulnerable and lonely condition. He charts a path toward a life without illusions and delusions, revealing how we can endure both crisis and transformation, and adapt to a changed scene, as cats have always done.

Author : John Bradshaw
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465031013
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cat Sense written by John Bradshaw and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. Unlike dogs, cats evolved as solitary hunters, and, while many have learned to live alongside humans and even feel affection for us, they still don’t quite “get us” the way dogs do, and perhaps they never will. But cats have rich emotional lives that we need to respect and understand if they are to thrive in our company. In Cat Sense, renowned anthrozoologist John Bradshaw takes us further into the mind of the domestic cat than ever before, using cutting-edge scientific research to dispel the myths and explain the true nature of our feline friends. Tracing the cat’s evolution from lone predator to domesticated companion, Bradshaw shows that although cats and humans have been living together for at least eight thousand years, cats remain independent, predatory, and wary of contact with their own kind, qualities that often clash with our modern lifestyles. Cats still have three out of four paws firmly planted in the wild, and within only a few generations can easily revert back to the independent way of life that was the exclusive preserve of their predecessors some 10,000 years ago. Cats are astonishingly flexible, and given the right environment they can adapt to a life of domesticity with their owners—but to continue do so, they will increasingly need our help. If we’re to live in harmony with our cats, Bradshaw explains, we first need to understand their inherited quirks: understanding their body language, keeping their environments—however small—sufficiently interesting, and becoming more proactive in managing both their natural hunting instincts and their relationships with other cats. A must-read for any cat lover, Cat Sense offers humane, penetrating insights about the domestic cat that challenge our most basic assumptions and promise to dramatically improve our pets’ lives—and ours.

Author : Pam Johnson-Bennett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101993308
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CatWise written by Pam Johnson-Bennett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top feline behavior expert (and author of Penguin's bestselling Think Like a Cat and Cat vs. Cat) answers the 150 questions most often asked by puzzled cat owners. Even those of us who have lived with and loved our cats for decades are constantly stymied by their seemingly inexplicable acts, or have questions about why they do what they do and where they do it, and how we can get them to not do it. Here, in one complete authoritative guide, those elusive mysteries are solved. Why does my cat lick my hair? Why does the cat only want attention when I'm on the phone? How can I introduce my cat to my new dog? How can I get my cat to like my new husband?? No one knows cats like Pam Johnson Bennett, whose pioneering thirty-year career as a cat behavior consultant has changed the way cat owners and experts alike view cats. Her books are bibles, but her fans and owners still flood her website and social media platforms with questions on topics that perplex them. Catwise combines the questions that come up most often with answers to help you solve your cat's behavior problems (or head them off before they start), or simply improve the relationship you have with your cat.

Author : Pam Johnson-Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780895947109
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twisted Whiskers written by Pam Johnson-Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses common behavioral problems in cats and offers solutions using techniques that are in tune with a cat's natural instincts.

Author : Laurel E. Hunt
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786865789
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Angel Whiskers written by Laurel E. Hunt and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2001-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone whos ever loved a cat knows the pleasure and comfort these feline companions can bringand anyone whos ever lost a cat knows the deep sorrow brought on by their passing. This elegant tribute to cats past and present features classic poetry and short stories by authors both famous and unknown, as well as vintage photographs and drawings. These timeless words and pictures offer bereaved owners a chance to express and validate their feelings of grief while celebrating the many qualities that make cats special.