The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
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Narrateur(s):
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Arden Hammersmith
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Auteur(s):
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Abigail Tucker
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House cats rule bedrooms and back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, even cyberspace. And unlike dogs, cats offer humans no practical benefit. The truth is they are sadly incompetent mouse-catchers and now pose a threat to many ecosystems. Yet, we love them still.
In the “eminently readable and gently funny” (Library Journal, starred review) The Lion in the Living Room, Abigail Tucker travels through world history, natural science, and pop culture to meet breeders, activists, and scientists who’ve dedicated their lives to cats. She visits the labs where people sort through feline bones unearthed from the first human settlements, treks through the Floridian wilderness in search of house cats-turned-hunters on the loose, and hangs out with Lil Bub, one of the world’s biggest celebrities—who just happens to be a cat.
“Fascinating” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) and “lighthearted” (The Seattle Times), Tucker shows how these tiny felines have used their relationship with humans to become one of the most powerful animals on the planet. A “lively read that pounces back and forth between evolutionary science and popular culture” (The Baltimore Sun), The Lion in the Living Room suggests that we learn that the appropriate reaction to a house cat, it seems, might not be aww but awe.
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The author uses every opportunity to highlight how cats are damaging to the environment, and how cat owners form an all powerful lobby, so God forbid you say anything negative on the matter. She prefaces such claims with, "oh but I'm a cat lover because I own a cat," which is somehow supposed to convince the reader of her trustworthiness.
The author uses dubious logic to tie some of her arguments together. As one example, she spends a large part of a chapter explaining how dog ownership has better health advantages because dogs force you to go out and be active, whereas cats want you to stay home and they don't spend every moment at your side even when home. Apparently studies show that cat owners thus tend to be in worse health when compared to dig owners. While she did include one short sentence staying this could be coincidental, the length devoted to the argument attempts to support the first argument. This half-baked claim didn't properly address even the simplest of counter arguments - that cats could have been chosen by those with existing health issues precisely because they are unable to deal with the demands of dog ownership. The book is filled with many similar, equally frustrating logical fallacies.
I regret spending money on this. I do not recommend it.
TLDR: A book about how cats are bad for the environment
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