Author: Susan Schotz
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Date of publication: November 2018
Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because
they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry
important messages, whether for us or other cats.
Susanne Schštz is hard at work on breaking the cat code. She
is a professor at Lund University in Sweden, where a long-standing research
program is proving that cats do actually use vocal communication—with each
other and with their human caretakers. Understanding the vocal strategies used
in human-cat communication will have profound implications for how we
communicate with our pets, and has the potential to improve the relationship
between animals and humans within several fields, including animal therapy,
veterinary medicine and animal sheltering.
In The Secret Language of Cats, Schštz offers a
crash course in the phonetic study of cat sounds. She introduces us to the full
range of feline vocalizations and explains what they can mean in different
situations, and she gives practical tips to help us understand our cats better.
I am a cat lover and owner. I talk to my cats frequently and sometimes they answer back. I was really interested in reading this book because I often wonder what my cats are saying. The Secret Language of Cats is the author's attempt to crack the code on what cats are trying to tell us. I will admit, I thought this book would be a bit lighter and less dense than it ended up being. The author has done a ton of research and it shows in the book. At times, I did find myself skimming the book, especially when it got bogged down in the science of her studies. I enjoyed the anecdotal parts about her own five cats as well as some of the tops she included in how to change your cat's behavior. I recommend this to anyone curious about language and cats.
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1 comment:
This sounds really fascinating. I'd love to be able to know what was going through my cat's head, especially when he decides to run full speed through my living room at 2 in the morning lol!
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