Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets' Wildest Behaviors
The Love Loop Part 3 The Aviary This Flock's Got Talent The Secret to a Long Happy Bird Marriage The Man Who Says It's Okay to Be Birdbrained An Interview with Melvin Rouse The Messy Eaters for the Betterment of the World Society The Canary's Invisible Force Field Part 4 The Fish Tank The Guppy's Evil Eye Oh Beautiful Nanny Barbarian Your Goldfish Is Watching You Tetras Will Take You to School Part 5 The Cage The Most Lovably Fierce Stink Wars
Case Home Sweet Home Can You Dig It Rise of the Adorable Poop Eaters A Brief History of a Little Thief I Am Mouse Hear Me Roar Part 6 The Terrarium Butterfingers Superspy Have a Ball Baby You Can Change the Textbooks An Interview with Warren Booth Worst Scenario Call the Sentinels of Doom Your Tarantula's Worst Nightmare Color Fight But Wait There's More Bibliography Acknowledgments
Introduction More than half of us live with at least one creature creature that is not a human Though they may have scales fins fur or feathers we consider them family members Sometimes they might even seem like humans Many greet us when we come home some give us kisses or try to make us feel better when we're blue But trust us our pets see the world in a totally different way than we do Our lovable housemates have superpowers that come from their ancestors wilderness survival skills Some battle ancient foes if only in their minds Others can change color or shape Still others have conversations that we can't see or even hear
These behaviors seem mysterious but if you pay attention and know what to look for you will begin to understand your pet in a whole new way In these pages we unlock some of our pets strangest behaviors We shake their family trees peek between their feathers dive into their brains and sometimes hitch a ride on their poops to uncover their hidden lives and reveal them to you What you do with these discoveries is up to you Will you give your cat kisses with your eyeballs Listen to your mouse's roars Comfort your tarantula when she has nightmares Congratulate your dog on a well aimed pee Give your goldfish some happy memories to last a lifetime You know your pets better than anyone And soon after reading about their secret worlds you may be able to understand them too
