In an irreverent but loving treatise on the creatures of South Africa and beyond, David Muirhead features eccentric animal behaviors in his native home. Mixing folklore and legend with a heavy dose of science, Muirhead leaves no wart unexamined in these tales of unrespectable animals. A book for those delighted to discover what “pronking” means, or that for pythons, swallowing a porcupine whole is the easy part; it’s afterwards when the anxiety really starts.
Cat Among the Pigeons allows us to laugh our way to a reconnection with the creatures we co-evolved with, highlighting their importance to our collective past and precarious futures. A reminder in our increasingly urban world that the strange and fantastical still roam, crawl, wiggle, swim and soar through the terrestrial and aquatic world, ready to delight and surprise us.
Table of Content
1. Intro
2. Orca
3. Springbok
4. Waterbuck
5. Firefly
6. Elephants
7. Bat-Eared Fox
8. Dragonfly
9. Banded Mongoose
10. Squirrel
11. Penguin
12.Wild dogs
13. Hadeda
14. Python
15. Vlei Rat
16. Cockroach
17. Spring Hare
18. Caracal
19. Cookoo
20. Vervet Monkeys
21. Rhino
22. Albatross
23. Lion
24. Marabou Stork
25. Golden Orb-web Spider
26. African Buffalo
27. Leopards
28. Lammergeier
29. Pangolin
30. Night Jar
31. Brown Hyena
32. Coelacanth
33. Gorilla
34. Gemsbok
35. Hedgehog
36. Wasps
37. Wildebeest
38. Gecko
39. Rain Frog
40.Aardvark
45. Honey Bee
46. Octopus
47. Dassie
48. Honey Badger
49. Hamerkop
50. Hippo
51. Klipspringer
52. Spotted Hyena
53. Secretary Bird
54. Otter
55. Praying Mantis
56. Warthog
57. Eland
58. Crow
59. Kingfisher
60. Dugong
61. Boomslang
62. Guinea Fowl
63. Barn Owl
64. Crocodiles
65. Mole Rats
66. Pelicans
67. Baboons
68. Porcupine
69. Egyptian goose
70. Zebra
71. Cheetah
72. Ground-hornbill
73. Dung beetle
74. Leatherback Turtle
75. Bats
76. Bushbabies
77. Chameleon
78. Seahorse.
79. Monitor Lizard
80. Giraffe
81. Flamingo
82. Black Jacketed Jackal
83. Ostrich
84. Seals
About the author
Patricia de Villiers is an artist, illustrator and designer. She has been active as a cultural worker since the early 1970s contributing to various community organisations including the Community Arts Project in the 1980s.
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