TEHRAN – “The Wild Cat Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats”, a joint research study by Fiona Sunquist and Mel Sunquist, has actually been released in Persian.
Published by Now, the book has actually been equated into Persian by Kaveh Feizollahi.
From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the Prophet Muhammad’s preferred cat, Muezza, and our modern fixation with online cat videos, felines have actually long held a location of honor in their human equivalents’ houses and cultures.
But the domestic cat is simply among numerous feline types, and in “The Wild Cat Book”, cat professionals Fiona and Mel Sunquist present us to the complete panoply of the purring, roaring feline people.
Illustrated throughout with Terry Whittaker’s amazing color pictures in addition to special pictures from biologists in the field – a few of the greatest quality images ever recorded of remarkably unusual types – “The Wild Cat Book” not just entices with the appeal of cats, however likewise acts as an important and available referral on cat habits and preservation.
Comprehensive entries for each of the thirty-seven cat types consist of color circulation maps and updated info associated to the types’ IUCN preservation and management statuses, while useful sidebars reveal why male lions have hairs (and why dark hairs are sexiest), how cats see with their hairs, the reality behind our fixation with white lions and tigers, and why cats can’t be vegetarians.
“The Wild Cat Book” likewise highlights the severe dangers dealt with by the world’s wild cats from environment damage to human persecution.
From the amazing balancings of the arboreal margay – able to hold on to a tree branch by a single paw thanks to its uncommonly versatile ankles – to modern-day decreases in African lion populations, “The Wild Cat Book” is an useful and revealing ode to felines of every size and color.
Combining science, behavioral observations and sensational photography, this book will mesmerize cat fanciers the world over.
Photo: Front cover of the Persian edition of “The Wild Cat Book”.
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