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Dead cat found with bird flu in Germany
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Posted on 02/28/2006 6:26:32 PM PST by Mother Abigail
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MA
To: Mother Abigail
If the cat had cooked the bird before eating it, there would have been no problem.
To: Mother Abigail
Another reason to stay away from cats.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:29:40 PM PST
by
Feiny
( "Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps? " ~ Barney Fife)
To: southernnorthcarolina
You know that is a problem. My cat is really bad about bringing in live birds.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:30:47 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
If the cat had cooked the bird before eating it, there would have been no problem.True, but if the cat doesn't cook the bird but I cook the cat and consume it (with a lovely brandy sauce, of course), will I have problems?
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:32:19 PM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: feinswinesuksass
I'm itching to figure this out
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:33:42 PM PST
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
To: Mother Abigail
Note to cats,stay away from cars,old age,and bad owners.
P.S.,get them birdies.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:33:52 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Maybe people should just keep their cats in their homes instead of letting them roam about.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:34:43 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Q: Does a cat always land on its feet?
A: When you drop it from 52 stories up, does it really matter?
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:35:28 PM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Olfrygt: the nagging fear of being unable to find beer while out of town.)
To: Mother Abigail
To: Mother Abigail
Oh no! Yet another food group for the germans to scratch off their menu.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:37:29 PM PST
by
Gator113
To: Mother Abigail
Interesting. The virus does appear to have jumped species, but not entirely to ours...yet. Keeping my eye on this one.
To: Lunatic Fringe
Why yes, yes it does. Natural History Magazine had an article some 15 years back or so which found that cats will survive a fall from anywhere above about seven stories. What happens is they will fairly quickly get into their falling stance similar to a skydiver. Because of their weight distribution, they will reach terminal velocity, become relatively calm and relaxed prior to landing. The stance evenly distributes the weight and the calm state relaxes their muscles and they land with only minimal injury. Cats routinely survive falls from higher than about 70 feet. Lower than that, they never reach terminal velocity, remain rigid in panic and generally the outcome is not pretty.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:45:58 PM PST
by
Tucson
(Age doesn't always bring wisdom; sometimes it comes alone)
To: Lunatic Fringe
"Q: Does a cat always land on its feet? A: When you drop it from 52 stories up, does it really matter?"
This might be an urban legend, but cats can fall from extreme heights and survive. Supposedly, beyond a certain height, a cat is actually less like to die outright from a fall as it may take them a while longer to assume the perfect position for a hard landing than it does to reach terminal velocity.
Please don't test this one out at home boys and girls.
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posted on
02/28/2006 6:54:07 PM PST
by
R W Reactionairy
("Everyone is entitled to their own opinion ... but not to their own facts" Daniel Patrick Monihan)
To: Billthedrill
This is the first bird to mammal transmission in Europe and is not good news.
Cats are the one vector we must avoid.
MA
To: Mother Abigail
Does this mean I have to give up my friends?
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posted on
02/28/2006 7:07:32 PM PST
by
kstewskis
(Disclaimer: Not reponsible for driveling random postings during the Lenten Season...)
To: Mother Abigail
Bird flu has led to the culling or deaths of some 200 million birds How are they going to find and breed resistant birds if they kill off entire herds. Wouldn't it be better to let the flue work its say through a flock, and then get new breeding stock from the survivors?
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posted on
02/28/2006 7:19:31 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: kstewskis
One of those is not like the others.
It's the one on the end, isn't it?
To: Mother Abigail
There was another thread on this.
They called it "Tweetie's Revenge".
The cat may be dead, but did it die from bird flu? Or did it just die after eating part of a dead bird and the test just showed that it ate a dead bird.
We need to know that the cat contracted the disease before we get all pushed out of shape.
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posted on
02/28/2006 7:21:29 PM PST
by
Battle Axe
(Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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