I love the viral nature of stuff on the internet. Almost everyone who knows me has, over the past week brought the Bionic Cat story to my attention by e-mailing it, posting on facebook or calling me over fromthe other side of the office so that they can point at it for my benefit.

iI fact the JDBB is the only place I've been online that hasn't mentioned it in some form or other. So I am here to rectify that situation!

Ooooh look it as a bionic cat! It's the Six Million Dollar Cat. Cyborg Cat! Yay!

No Mouse Is Safe: Cat Gets World's First Bionic Paws

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Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new prosthetic paws make him the world's first bionic cat.
After losing his two rear paws in a nasty encounter with a combine harvester last October, the black cat with green eyes was outfitted with metallic pegs that link the ankle to the foot and mimic the way deer antlers grow through skin. Oscar is now back on his feet and hopping over hurdles like tissue paper rolls.
After Oscar's farming accident, which happened when the 2 1/2-year-old-cat was lazing in the sun in the British Channel Isles, his owners, Kate and Mike Nolan, took him to their local veterinarian. In turn, the vet referred Oscar to Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, a neuro-orthopedic surgeon in Eashing, 35 miles southwest of London.

I feel better now.





-- Edited by ddvmor on Tuesday 29th of June 2010 08:38:24 AM