Cat

Cat owners will love this most elegant and comprehensive compendium ever written on these most intriguing animals. Turning a wealth of material into an absorbing narrative, Muriel Beadle corrects many apprehensions and offers much new and surprising information about cats.

Muriel Beadle supplies every tidbit of feline knowledge available including meticulously researched hints on cat care, with discussions on their breeding, different types of behavior and common ailments.

Muriel Beadle is a Simon & Schuster author.

To the Reader

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The Chase

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Skeletal Structure

Agility and Speed

Patterns of Locomotion

Instinctive Responses to Rodent Behavior

Stalking, Chasing, and Catching Prey

Cats Versus Birds

The Kill

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Claw Design and Function

Tree-Climbing Ability

Arrangement and Use of Teeth

Killing Techniques

Eating Prey

Playing with Prey

Neural Motivation for Hunting Activity

Seeing

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Light Sensitivity of Pupils

Night Shine and Night Vision

Anatomy and Function of the Eye

Focusing

Sensitivity to Movement

Ability to See Color

Binocular Vision

The Other Senses

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Anatomy of the Ear

Acuteness of Hearing

Motion Sickness

Function and Shape of Pinnae

Whiskers

Sensitivity of Skin to Touch and Temperature

Food and Odor Preferences

Catnip Response

Relationship of Sense of Smell to Sexual Activity

Origin and Spread

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Evolution of the Felidae

Problems of Classification

Ancestors of F. Catus

Domestication

History in Egypt

Distribution Elsewhere

Reconstruction of Early Feline Migrations by Modern Geneticists

Ups and Downs

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Multilingual Terms for ``Cat.''

Pagan Residue in Christian Attitudes Toward Cats

Early Value as Mousers

Legends, Fables, Nursery Rhymes

Identification with Witches

The Cat of Lalande

Victorian Sentimentality

Cats in Asia

Earning Their Keep

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Minor Importance as Commodities

Ungovernability as Chattels

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Detractors

Britain's Post Office Cats

Others Employed by Government and Business

Declining Modern Use in Rodent Control

Limitations as Ratters

Modern Role as Companions

How Sociable?

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Differing Wild Heritage of Cats and Dogs

Feline Responses to Living in Groups

Territorial Defense

Mutual Use of Home Ranges

Role of Sight and Smell in Recognition of Other Cats

Capacity for Friendship

Sex and Reproduction

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Reproductive Cycles of Females

Onset of Puberty

Courtship

Coitus

Frequency of Mating and Selectiveness in Choice of Partner

Aberrant Sexual Behavior

Birth Control Methods, Pregnancy

Birth

The Young Family

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Kittens' Nursing Behavior

Keeping the Litter Together

Rate of Growth

Adoption of Other Young

Feline Aunts and Uncles

Fathering

Development of Paw Preferences

Depth Perception

Toilet Training

Female Aggressiveness in Defense of Kittens

The Older Family

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Individuation of Kittens

Importance of Play

Development of Play Patterns

Weaning

Learning to Hunt and Kill Prey

Role of Experience

Friendships Among Prey and Predator

The Genetics of Breed

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The Cat Fancy

Show Breeds

Genetic Principle of Breeding

Formation of Pigment and Action of Genes Upon it

Fur Length and Texture

Taillessness

Polydactylism

The Sex-Linked Color Gene

Relationship of White Fur to Blue Eyes and Deafness

Service to Science

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The Falling Reflex

Hunger as Stimulus for Killing

Intelligence

Effects of Sensory Deprivation on Brain and Behavior

Biomedical Use for Brain Research

Sources of Laboratory Cats

Standards and Safeguards of Usage and Treatment

The Little Differences

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Expression of Emotions

Temperamental Differences Among Breeds

The Feline Vocabulary

Purring

Cats as Clocks

Extra-Sensory Perception

Homing Ability

Psi-Trailing

The Health Record

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Common Ailments

Viral Origin and Genetic Factors in Feline Leukemia

Parasites

Cats as Vectors of Human Disease

Longevity

Nutrition

Emotional and Physical Fortitude

Taste for Alcohol

Cats and the Law

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Legacies

Legal Status

Liabilities of Owners

Anti-Cruelty Laws

Attempts to Legislate Feline Behavior

Licensing and Leash Laws

Disposal of Unwanted Cats

Environmental Impact of Strays

Birth Control Efforts by Public and Private Agencies

Man and Beast Together

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Effects of Environmental Pollution, Household Hazards Traffic, Crowding

Ambivalence of Feline-Human Relationships

Cats' Contribution to Human Culture

Their Place in Current Economy--and in Affections of Owners

Notes and Bibliography

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Index

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