Cette série plonge dans le monde fascinant de l'observation de nos compagnons félins, révélant leurs vies cachées et leurs personnalités distinctes. Elle offre un mélange d'humour, d'observations perspicaces et de moments touchants qui parleront à tout amoureux des chats. Les lecteurs deviendront témoins d'aventures inattendues et des liens profonds qui se tissent entre les humains et leurs amis à quatre pattes. C'est une célébration de la joie et de la complexité de la vie avec les chats.
How intelligent are horses? In addition to examining details of behavior, Dr Morris considers such questions as why horseshoes bring good luck, why we don't eat horses, why jockeys are allowed to whip their mounts and why we call a bad dream a nightmare.
What is it about the canine personality which has singled this animal out from all the 4, 236 species of non-human mammals to be man's closest companion? This is a relationship that goes back at least 10, 000 years, when both wolves and men lived in 'packs' and entered a relationship involving mutual survival, hunting and defence of property. But the bond was so strong that the loss of the canine element in human family life was inconceivable, even as mankind moved from the country to the town. Working dog became pet dog. In the last few hundred years, breeding has speeded up to produce the astonishing range which finds the St Bernard weighing 300 times more than the Yorkshire terrier. Yet all dogs, from scruffy mongrels to haughty show champions, are members of the same species - that of the wolf. DOGWATCHING tells us the answers to all the most fascinating questions about our canine companions, expressing Desmond Morris's inimitable insight and understanding of these remarkable and delightful creatures.