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Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? 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 Schstz 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, Schstz offers a crash course in cat phonetics. 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.

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9781982543372

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Schotz offers many useful tips for dealing with cats. -- Der Bund (Bern) In a meticulous evaluation of seen and heard signals, [Schotz] has cracked many codes of cat language and summarized them in her book. -- Kurier (Vienna) A cat moans, growls, and hisses. Their sounds have meaning and system...Susanne Schotz explains what they mean. -- GEO Wissen What would my cat say to me? The book reveals it and gives a crash course in cat language. -- Bild (Frankfurt)

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Susanne Schotz researches and teaches in Lund, Sweden, where she is a professor of phonetics. She lives with her husband and five cats.

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