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To: Serb5150

Kidney failure probably meant that the cat couldn't excrete enough salt in its urine, so its sweat was saltier. Deer like "salt licks".

This doesn't mean the story is any less touching, because the animals must still have accepted each other in a very unusual way.


4 posted on 06/14/2006 9:24:46 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: VeritatisSplendor
Kidney failure probably meant that the cat couldn't excrete enough salt in its urine, so its sweat was saltier. Deer like "salt licks".


8 posted on 06/14/2006 9:55:33 PM PDT by kenth
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To: VeritatisSplendor

There's one problem with your theory. Cats can't sweat.


11 posted on 06/15/2006 12:07:11 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

I didn't know that cats could sweat... also, could the deer really get to the sweat through the fur?


19 posted on 06/15/2006 9:41:55 AM PDT by Serb5150 (Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen!)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

not a question of salt


26 posted on 06/15/2006 11:49:37 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

Someone always knows the most likely reason for the story and it only took 4 posts to get to it...this is why it is good to hang out on FR at least 2-3 times a week...it makes you smarter.


73 posted on 06/15/2006 4:49:08 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: VeritatisSplendor

Cats don't sweat, they pant to keep cool.


87 posted on 06/15/2006 5:28:51 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (Greystone, I'll miss you (5-12-2001 - 4-15-2006) RIP little buddy.)
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