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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. :)=^..^=
1 posted on 06/25/2010 10:01:01 AM PDT by Biggirl
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For cats! :)=^..^=


2 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. =^..^=)
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PING this one over to you Slings and Arrows! :)=^..^=


3 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. =^..^=)
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It is a good thing for this cat he was not insured under Obamacare.....


4 posted on 06/25/2010 10:02:40 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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5 posted on 06/25/2010 10:03:07 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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And the surgery cost only six million dollars!

6 posted on 06/25/2010 10:03:39 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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lasereye cat Pictures, Images and Photos
7 posted on 06/25/2010 10:06:32 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Slings and Arrows

machine that goes PING!


8 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.)
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Love it!


9 posted on 06/25/2010 10:15:02 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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The vet is very cool:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10404251.stm

Here is the cat on youtube. It appears to be more recent and the cat has different “legs”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDqVN7vr8E


10 posted on 06/25/2010 10:20:06 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (NOVEMBER-2-2010!)
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That vet is awesome. What a genius. And it's obvious he loves his Oscar.
11 posted on 06/25/2010 11:12:29 AM PDT by LiberConservative
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Great story!


12 posted on 06/25/2010 11:21:08 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...)
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ping


13 posted on 06/25/2010 12:36:37 PM PDT by windcliff
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Second thread: Bionic British cat gets faux paws


14 posted on 06/25/2010 1:03:55 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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From Owe Me, to Meow! Congrats to Doctor Who?


15 posted on 06/25/2010 1:20:52 PM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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This is nice. I hope the cat likes the new legs.

Cats can sometimes dislike ‘attachments’.

This is a truly fine story.

16 posted on 06/25/2010 3:02:40 PM PDT by Leo Farnsworth (I'm really not Leo Farnsworth.)
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.....Better than he was before. Better... stronger... faster.....


17 posted on 06/25/2010 4:54:20 PM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
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Six million dollar kitteh!


18 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)
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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.


19 posted on 06/25/2010 7:28:20 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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£6 Million Kitteh (includes VAT)


20 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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