Illustrated Catwatching - Softcover

Desmond Morris answers 60 fascinating questions about cats: * Why does a cat purr? * How does a cat use its whiskers? * Why do cats interfere when their owners answer the telephone? * Why do we believe a black cat brings good luck? * Why do cats sulk? * Why are cats attracted to people who dislike them? * Why does a cat like being stroked? and many, many more. . . . The text is accompanied by beautiful colour photographs of cats of every variety, illustrating the behaviour Desmond Morris describes.

Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, tv presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.