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Adams, Sam, “Best of friends: Cat and dog meet at same time every day to enjoy a stroll,” Mirror, August 2015.

Demirjian, Karoun, “Russia’s heroic cat Masha: She’s credited with saving an abandoned infant from winter’s deep freeze.” Washington Post, January 2015.

Dictionary Corner: Iris Oxtabee was right! Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Dunn, Rob, Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live. Basic Books, Illustrated edition, October 2019.

Lang, Fabienne, “Cat Dies Defending Family from One of Australia’s Most Venomous Snakes.” Interesting Engineering, February 2021.

Morell, Virginia, Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures. Crown Publishers; 1st edition, February 26, 2013.

Strickland, Ashley, “Yes, cats really do bond with people, study says, even if they don’t always show it.” CNN September, 2019.