Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the Cat World

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo

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

Genres: Cats

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2002

About the author

Erin Barrett grew up in South East Asia and traveled extensively through her childhood years, instilling a lasting and deep curiosity about almost everything. This is reflected in the diversity of topics she has written about in her numerous book titles, dozens of articles, and her long-running nationally syndicated column, Random Kinds of Factness, which appeared in newspapers around the country for over seven years.

Her innate curiosity has produced a rather eclectic CV. Barrett is an editor, a certified Life Coach, an urban sustainability expert, a beekeeper and beer maker, a writing coach, a painter, photographer, singer, and fine wine specialist, with over a decade of work within the wine industry. She currently resides in Northern California with her partner and their 5 year old feline, Eleanor Rigby Soupstock.

Reviews

[Elma]

I just needed to keep my mind away from daily concerns and read this book. It was informative and fun. I learned a lot. Cat business is serious business, for sure. I loved the style of the authors and will read more of their work.

[Vasiliki]

Quite entertaining and I truly enjoyed the quotes sprinkled in as well. Some curious facts do stay with you as well! A quick and easy read

[Aleksandar Shumakov]

I've read wikipedia articles more engaging than this book. I guess not my cup of tea.