Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet
Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection.
For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death
Book details
- Author
- Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
- Imprint
- Conari Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 224
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Cats
Reference › Trivia
Games & Activities › Trivia - Topics
- fun facts · Trivia Series · reference · cat lovers · felines · history · kittens · shorthaired house
- ISBN-13
- 9781573247214
About the author
Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo have authored 20 books, including How the Cadillac Got Its Fins, The Couch Potato Guide to Life and the bestselling Just Curious Jeeves . They have written articles for many major periodicals including The New York Times, Salon, Reader's Digest , and The Washington Post and have generated more than 30,000 questions for trivia games and game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . Their website, which lists their "This Day in History" nationallysyndicated column.