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Oscar, The Grim Reaper

Oscar Cat of Death

The cat, who has lived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation in Providence, Rhode Island since he was a kitten, normally wanders from room to room. But when a patient is hours from death Oscar remains at their bedside. If he is shut out he will scratch at the door until he is allowed in.

Professor David Dosa wrote about a day in the life of Oscar  in The New England Journal of Medicine claiming that Oscar is the cuddlier, feline equivalent of the Grim Reaper.

Dosa says that Oscar’s presence at the bedside of severely ill patients is viewed by doctors and nurses alike as an almost absolute indicator of impending death.

The tale of Oscar is now available in a new book by Professor Dosa which expands on this compelling story.

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Ground Dog Day in Buffalo

It is the “4th Annual Ground Dog Day Open House” from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M on Saturday, January 30 2010 at the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter .

The celebration will be held at the shelter, 380 N. Oak Street, Buffalo, NY, United States. Details about the shelter can be found on Petfinder.

Doing a Punxsutawney Phil, will be LoveJoy Lulu,  a female Chihuahua and former resident of the Buffalo Animal Shelter.

If you are in the area why not join in – you’ll be able to find out if winter will stick around for another six weeks. You’ll also be able to meet the  shelter volunteers and have the opportunity to meet adorably adoptable dogs and cats.

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Flying Cats?

Here are a couple of my favourite lolcats at http://cheezburger.com/

Flying cat?

Flying cat

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Green grow the rushes, oh?

♫ ♪
I’ll show you lots of toes
Danny never rushes, though
Who is that Danny,  Oh?
A polydactyl wiv lots of toes
And evermore shall be so.

♫ ♪

Danny Mittens

I like Danny cos he likes me.

He acts like he’z deaf sumtimes but he just does what he wants wen he wants to do it.  Yoos can shout him to come home til yoo’ze a little horse.  That’s wot Mum sez anyway, i’ze not going to shout at him cos i don’t want to be a little horse i’ze like being a cat.

Did  i spelled horse wrong – should it be hoarse -  no I’ze seen horse writted down and i think iz right.

If my brother Danny is a polydactyl is my sis Stole a terrordactyl?

Danny likes to Twitter but not as much as I do.

http://twitter.com/Danny_Mittens
http://twitter.com/BabeCattykins

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Babe Cattykins iz here

Hello evrybodee, my name iz Babe and I iz coming to write on my hooman Mum’s Cat Things.

I has had a luvly chrismus and I hav eated too much nice stuff and puked in lots of unexpected places.

My Mum haz been trying to put a hat on me. I fighted the good fight but she got me in the hat long enuff for this pikture.

Babe Haz Been Cheezburgered

So I’ze supposed to make noo year reslooshuns, just don’t expect me to keeps them, ha ha !

Here they are:

• When I scratch my hoomans I will make it in places it duzn’t show
• I will not use my hoomans legs as scratching posts or climb my hoomans
• I will try to not puke on any important papers
• I will try to clean my dirty feet before entering the house
• I will not wake my hoomans at 3:00am asking for food or a cuddle
• I will not scratch at cupboard doors in the middle of the night
• I will not put mice in my hoomans shoes or leave bits of them around the house, especially not leaving them wher my hoomans can tread on them with their bare feet, ha, ha!
• I will not try to bury my leftover food with curtains, window or floor
• I will not catch bees or wasps
• I will not go away on holiday for several days and worry my hoomans again

I wish yoos all a meowie new year, la la, back later wiv sum of my songs.

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Share Your Cat Pictures and Videos

Want to share your cat images and videos?

Babe Cattykins and Stole

Upload your cat images or let us know your YouTube url, remember to state your cat names, your own name and website or blog url (if you have one), add a comment or description of the picture.

Submissions will be reviewed as soon as possible.

Danny Mittens my polydactyl cat

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Where does your cat go?

Cat Camera

Have you ever wondered where your cat goes to or what they get up to when you’re not home? Is your pet an all-day napper? Does he get into all sorts of mischief?

Just clip this lightweight, compact digital camera to your pet’s collar and explore your pet’s secret life!

Features:

• Auto-interval settings (1, 5 and 15 minutes)
• Internal memory stores up to 40 photos
• 640 x 480 resolution for 4″ x 6″ prints
• Includes USB cable for uploading photos
• PC and Mac compatible
• Includes rechargeable Lithium-ion 100 mAh battery
• Dimensions: 2.4 x 7.8 x 8.1 inches (6.1 x 19.8 x 20.6cm)
• 6.4 ounces (182g)
• Collar not included

You can set the camera to take a photograph once every one, five or 15 minutes then download the images via the USB cable, included. The lithium ion battery is rechargeable via a USB connection and the LED power indicator tells you when the battery is low.

Caution: Use only flat nylon-webbing or flat leather belt collars that are at least 3/8″ wide. Never use product with chain or rolled collars as these may create a choking hazard.

$39.99 $27.99
£39.95 £35.99

Friskies used these cameras to conduct a survey with 50 cats to find out what they get up to. Some of the photographs are in a pdf download.

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