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Amputee Cat Gets Bionic Feet
http://news.yahoo.com/ ^
| June 25, 2010
| Biggirl
Posted on 06/25/2010 10:00:56 AM PDT by Biggirl
LONDON (AFP) – A cat which lost both back paws after a traumatic accident involving a combine harvester has regained a spring in its step after being fitted with prosthetic limbs. In a groundbreaking surgery carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a Surrey-based veterinary surgeon, the custom-made implants "peg" the ankle to Oscar's foot and mimic the way in which deer antler bone grows through skin.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: bionic; cat; feet; kittyping
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A scientific first. :)=^..^=
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:01:01 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
To: All
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:01:41 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(Pray for the people and animals affected in the Gulf of Mexico by oilspill. =^..^=)
To: Slings and Arrows
PING this one over to you Slings and Arrows! :)=^..^=
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:02:40 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(Pray for the people and animals affected in the Gulf of Mexico by oilspill. =^..^=)
To: Biggirl
It is a good thing for this cat he was not insured under Obamacare.....
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:02:40 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Biggirl
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:03:07 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Biggirl
And the surgery cost only six million dollars!
To: Biggirl
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/25/2010 10:06:50 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: Biggirl
To: Biggirl
To: isthisnickcool
That vet is awesome. What a genius. And it's obvious he loves his Oscar.
To: Biggirl
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posted on
06/25/2010 11:21:08 AM PDT
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...)
To: stylecouncilor
To: Biggirl; a fool in paradise; martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; ...
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posted on
06/25/2010 1:03:55 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Biggirl
From Owe Me, to Meow! Congrats to Doctor Who?
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posted on
06/25/2010 1:20:52 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
To: Biggirl
This is nice. I hope the cat likes the new legs.
Cats can sometimes dislike ‘attachments’.
This is a truly fine story.
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posted on
06/25/2010 3:02:40 PM PDT
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm really not Leo Farnsworth.)
To: Biggirl
.....Better than he was before. Better... stronger... faster.....
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posted on
06/25/2010 4:54:20 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: Slings and Arrows
Six million dollar kitteh!
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posted on
06/25/2010 6:20:14 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Slings and Arrows
Kitteh looks just fine! A happy ending. And besides, he looks a lot like my cat, Lucas.
It’s also interesting that the technology has been used on a person before. It would be neat to have a prosthetic arm or leg that does not have to be removed, if you lost your own one, that is.
To: bamahead
£6 Million Kitteh (includes VAT)
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posted on
06/25/2010 9:03:19 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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