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 Meowlingual is a Japanese cat translation device which translates your cat's meows. The device will be coming out this November and will cost $75.
 Oscar the Cat seems to sense when residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center are in their last two hours of death. He has been at the besdside of more than 25 residents before their deaths.
"It's not that the cat is consistently there first," Dr. Joan Teno, a professor of community health at Brown University, who sees patients in the unit. "But the cat always does manage to make an appearance, and it always seems to be in the last two hours."
Raised at the nursing home since he was a kitten, Oscar often checks in on residents, but when he curls up for a visit, physicians and nursing home staff know it's time to call the family.
"I don't think this is a psychic cat," said Teno. "I think there's probably a biochemical explanation," she said in a telephone interview.
Can you imagine the fear the residents are feeling when they see that cat coming? "I'm coming for you next, pops. Meow." Yikes.
 Back in July, a kitten was born with two faces -- four eyes, two noses, and two mouths. Even though occurrences like this one are rare, veterinarians say the cat may be just fine.
As I was searching for the current condition of this "rare" kitten I came across another news article regarding a kitten born back in June with the same condition.
Am I just really tired and misinterpreting the information in the articles or are there really two cats born within a month of each other with this "rare" condition? Ohio -- Oregon. Gemini -- Tiger. June -- July. You guys decide.
Anywho, here is a video of the two-faced kitten.
Previously:
Cat mates with dog and has offspring
 'Hypoallergenic cats' have been specially bred by Allerca, a US biotech firm, and are now up for sale for $3,950.
There was no genetic modification involved:
It tested huge numbers of cats trying to find the tiny fraction that do not carry the glycoprotein Fel d1 - contained in an animal's saliva, fur and skin - which often prompts an allergic reaction in humans.
Those cats were then selectively bred to produce the hypoallergenic kittens now on sale, the company says.
The company's Steve May told the BBC that it was a natural, if time consuming, method.
"This is a natural gene divergence within the cat DNA - one out of 50,000 cats will have this natural divergence," he said.
"So candidates - natural divergent cats - were found and then bred so there is really no modification of the gene."
Don't expect to get your special cat quite so soon because there is already a long waiting list to have one. Previously: Tabby Cat vs. Black Bear, Feel the music with the Official Record Store Cats, Cat helmet, LwL: Gem Sweater, swear and skip the IVR, wall flip howto, French graffiti, Indian Shankar Drum Ganesh Machine, internet tolls (cat attacking powebook)
 This post goes out to all the cat lovers out there. (Even non-cat lovers will like this one too.)
Check out The Official Record Store Cats. You've got Marvin swaying to "Superstitous", Steve rocking out to some hardcore heavy metal, and Tim turning up the techno bass.
Previously:
Cat Helmet, Tabby Cat vs. Black Bear, LwL: Funny prank, Milky the Milking Cow, 720 slam dunk, new dictionary words, howto cut a mango, ascii movie, Sudoku Loo Roll (dancing cat ascii movie), LwL: Gem Sweater, swear and skip the IVR, wall flip howto, French graffiti, Indian Shankar Drum Ganesh Machine, internet tolls (cat tries to outwit a laptop)
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