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Jonathan Losos - The Cats Meow

Jonathan Losos, evolutionary biologist and lifelong cat lover, talks about the secret language of cats, why he wrote The Cat's Meow and other popular science books, and what he has learned about the wild beast on your sofa in this episode of Why Authors Write. Sharing the surprising findings of his research, and heart-warming examples from his own multi-cat household, Losos explores feline lore in culture and history, talks about how cross-breeding and selection, both natural and human-directed, have shaped today’s family cat to look and behave so differently from their ancestors, and explains why even the best-behaved cat is still a predator at heart, with only one paw out of the wild. Chapters 00:00 The Science of Writing About Cats 04:30 Friends for Life 09:07 What Does That Meow Really Mean? 13:02 Breeding With Wildcats – Beauty and Danger 20:12 How Will Family and Feral Cats Evolve in a Changing World 24:21 Mapping a New Cat-Centric Research Quest 28:13 Why Cats Will Survive the Next Million Years