"See that's the mistake these amateurs make. The key to distance is proper breath control and a steady pace"
Posted on 07/10/2004 4:11:22 PM PDT by balrog666
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - When Maggie Rogers spotted something bobbing in the water three miles into the Gulf of Mexico while on a scalloping trip with friends, she assumed it was a turtle, or a piece of sea kelp.
But as the boat got closer and slowed down, she found it was a tiny, apricot-colored kitten. Nine inches long and screaming at the top of its lungs, the cat was paddling furiously.
"We scooped him up and he sat on the boat with me for eight hours," said Rogers, who is the finance director at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
"He was exhausted and stressed," Rogers said. "His heart rate was high."
The boaters on the 17-foot Scout Current Drift did not know how the kitten arrived in the Homosassa Bay. There were at least 40 boats in the crowded area where he was found, they said.
On Tuesday, three days after he was found, a veterinarian found the 10-week-old, 1-pound kitten had worms, but was otherwise healthy.
He was adopted by Rogers' sister-in-law - and named Nemo.
Homosassa Bay is about 45 miles northwest of Tampa.
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Information from: St. Petersburg Times, http://www.sptimes.com
Pets fall off of boats all the time. The boat goes heave and pet goes ho.
Awww. He looks like my Tigger!
Wow. Relax. Just because storm clouds gather does not mean it's a signal from the DemoRats darkside.
Remember, Clinton happens.
LVM
My little form of personal protest at my plight is to give them off the wall names. Just ask Hebron, Zephram, and Pierre.
Lucky kitten ping. . .
If the kitten...just fell...overboard, that demonstrates irresponsibility on the part of the owner. Hope they take better care of their kids.
I don't know of a living thing that would eat a cat other than a worm....
Really, though, some people just shouldn't have pets.
Now, THAT is a VIKING KITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so does scott peterson
Cute kitty!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! Don't they all!
For dogs, people are masters; for cats, people are staff.
Nemo was confused... thought he was a catfish.
"See that's the mistake these amateurs make. The key to distance is proper breath control and a steady pace"
We had a cat disappear about a year and a half ago, after developing a taste for hanging around on our neighbor's roof...I thought perhaps a hawk or owl got her because we have lots of both. I normally keep my cats indoors, but this one showed up and adopted us - would only come inside for eating and sleeping. She was just getting to where she would hang around for some petting when she disappeared. She was a great mouser too; we really miss that...except for the time she brought the live one in...and turned it loose in the house.
What's lucky about having to be photographed in the arms of some guy wearing a Penn State T-shirt?
I think the kitten swam here from Cuba. ;) They should have named him Elian.
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