ocr: presence of the perfect predator- the emblem of power and death. In the jungle- - andevery- where else- = the lion and his tribe: are king. Then there is the feline you and I are most likely to meet: the house cat, "an indepen- dent, wild little panther," one writer called it. Beloved if standottish companion to mil- Katshall lions of humans the world over, the domestic cat came late in the evolutionary cycle but is now the aloof emperor of the cat worid, far outnumbering its larger cousins, accepting with cool grace- - sometimes even disdain- the pampering of owners. Cats also spin a story ab ...
