We just got cats, so I thought I'd read journalist Abigail Tucker's history of the domestication of felis lybica. It's a quick and breezy read with a lot of interesting anecdotes and some science tossed in along the way. While she only has partial success in making the argument of the subtitle: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over The World, that's kinda beside the point for a book that just wants to humorously explore our relationship with our feline friends. There are chapters on what we know about the history of cat domestication, the effects of cats on the natural environment (not good) as they've propagated around the world, toxoplasmosis, the effects of modern cat breeding, and finally, on cat's conquest of the intertubes. Generally recommended if you are a cat person. And if you are a dog person, what's your problem?
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