Desmond Morris considers the cat in myth and history, and answers questions he received from cat owners after the publication of the internationally best-sellingCatwatching.

Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he publishedThe Naked Apewhich has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, tv presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.