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Jul 28, 2007 22:12

Check out the cat who predicts death!

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dream_labyrinth July 29 2007, 08:44:26 UTC
That's amazing!
He probably senses that they are dying and goes there to give a sort of comfort.
A cat breeder in the comments to the article says that cats sometimes sit witha dying cat or kitten, but usually leave before they actually do die. Maybe Oscar adapted this instinctive behaviour to the behaviour of the people around him who feed him and care for him.

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proetida July 29 2007, 12:09:56 UTC
Yeah, animals are able to pick up on tons of things that people are oblivious to until it's too late. Cats I've had in the past have become more affectionate when someone in the family was sick. They'd go take naps with the sick person, etc. As with Oscar, they were cats that weren't too affectionate otherwise. When my brother was very sick, his fiancee's cat--who you could barely pet--would curl up with him and try to make him feel better. I hope there's a cat nearby when I go. For me, cats make everything better :)

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dream_labyrinth July 29 2007, 12:19:18 UTC
Oh, definitely. It's very hard to be anxious about anything when there's a purring cat around.

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chickbrarian July 29 2007, 13:50:33 UTC
That is really weird and interesting.

I also had plans to say something else to you. And now I cannot remember... :/

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benadryllian July 29 2007, 18:00:43 UTC
We were all hyper at the clinic about this story. Animals are amazing.

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proetida July 31 2007, 04:14:37 UTC
Woo! I'll send my little bro the link so he can see how much he towers over MC :)

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