The Man Who Would Be Kzin..
A novella by Greg Bear and SM Stirling set in Niven's Known Space during the Man Kzin wars..
How does humanity infiltrate a spy into an alien civilization that looks and acts very different from humans?
Read the story here:
http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/0671878794/0671878794___6.htm
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I remember reading those many years ago... and can't remember a thing about them but that I liked them 
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