Book description
Dogs can smell electricity. Cats can heal bones by purring. Kittens
can contact their mothers via a secret, ultra-sonic language. Dogs can
understand a vocabulary of 200 human words.
Every day, it seems, new scientific discoveries are fuelling the age
old argument about which of man's two best friends really is the
superior species. Augustus Brown fans the flames further with this
collection of the weirdest, most wonderful and downright incredible of
these truths about cats and dogs. Did you know, for instance, that
dogs can see moving objects 900 yards away, and that cats can sense
earthquakes coming? Or that dogs prefer Bach to Britney, while cats
prefer drugs to chocolate?
Fascinating, funny and provocative, his book may not settle the
debate once and for all. But it is certain to set cat and dog lovers
arguing like, well you know what...
Augustus Brown is the author of
Why Pandas Do Handstands
, a collection of curious scientific facts about the animal kingdom in
general. In this, his second book, he turns his attention to cats and
dogs, creatures that have intrigued him since he was a boy growing up on
a Welsh farm with a German Shepherd-Sheepdog cross called Sputnik and a
one-eyed tabby called Wilfred. In compiling this book, he scoured
through countless scientific archives, books and studies, as well as
scores of zoological and biological websites. He also consulted leading
experts in the animal science world. He lives in London with his wife
and two children.
