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How Cats Experience Humans and the World Around Them
Inside a Cat’s Mind pulls back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood relationships in domestic life. Drawing on animal cognition research, behavioural science, and evolutionary biology, this book examines what cats actually perceive, feel, and think — not as people project those things onto them, but as science and careful observation have begun to reveal. From the extraordinary sensory machinery that lets a cat hear through walls and navigate in near-total darkness, to the quiet, specific ways cats form emotional bonds with the humans they choose to trust, every chapter reframes familiar behaviour in ways that are genuinely surprising. Why does a cat bring home prey? What does a slow blink actually mean? Do cats miss people when they are gone? The answers are more nuanced and more fascinating than most owners ever suspect. Written with clarity and warmth, this book is for anyone who has ever watched a cat and wondered what was really going on behind those steady, luminous eyes.
