Why does your cat like being stroked? Why does it rub itself against you? Why do cats bring back dead mice? And why do they spend so much time grooming themselves? The answers, revealed by catwatcher Desmond Morris , demonstrate the wildness that crouches just under the fur of pets. In the way they behave, they're just a whisker away from tigers. And not only the big cats: their smaller, little-known relatives, from caracals to leopard cats, all give us an insight into the private life of pet cats - the most independent of all man's domesticated animals.
Executive producer MIKE BEYNON Producer SARA FORD. BBC Bristol
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