EWolfe Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 The Moscow Cats Theater still plays to packed houses in Russia, as described in News of the Weird in March 1998, but founder Yuri Kuklachev brought 26 of his improbably trained housecats to New York City's TriBeCa Performing Arts Center this fall to play weekends through October. Among the tricks: front paw stands; "tightrope" walking on a pole; and traversing the pole from underneath by grasping it with four legs (but one cat does it using only two legs). Kuklachev says each show is different because "(s)ometimes a cat doesn't want (to perform) one trick, so he does another." Quote
faster_than_you Posted November 8, 2005 Posted November 8, 2005 Cat survives traffic, 70-foot fall from bridge, 600-foot swim THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WENATCHEE, Wash. -- A cat leaped from a pickup truck, scampered through bridge traffic, fell 70 feet into the chilly Columbia River and swam 600 feet to shore before being rescued, Wenatchee Valley Humane Society officials said. The gray, longhair calico cat, which wore no collar or identification, "ate ravenously" at an animal shelter after the ordeal, Humane Society officer Jody White said. "She's a nice kitty," White said Monday. "I just hope we can find out who she belongs to and get her back home or find her a new home." Joi Singleton of East Wenatchee told The Wenatchee World she and her husband, Ron, were driving on U.S. 2 and U.S. 97 over the Odabashian Bridge on Sunday morning when they saw something come off a pickup a couple of car lengths ahead of them. "We swerved out of the way and realized it was a cat," she said. "It got up and ran. People behind us swerved. It jumped the barrier to the other side of the highway and people there were swerving." The full-sized white pickup kept going, Singleton said, and she and her husband were unable to get a license plate number before they got over the bridge. They exited the highway, then headed back across the bridge and stopped by the eastern end. After walking onto the bridge and calling for the cat, they spotted it cowering in a small opening in a concrete barrier near the center of the span and called the Humane Society. No sooner had two officers gotten the cat into a portable kennel than it jumped out "like a jack-in-the-box before we could secure the door" and leaped over the railing, White said. "It was absolutely amazing, horrible but amazing, to see. It hit the water, went under, surfaced and was swimming like mad for all she was worth," she said. White, her supervisor Rebecca Long and the Singletons ran to the end of the bridge and down the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail to the shore, where they cheered on the cat. "Once it spun around in a current and we thought that was it," Singleton said. "Then this guy in a kayak came out of nowhere and started pushing it toward us. The officers got a noose around its neck and pulled it in." Quote
Thinker Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 This kitty was found along side the highway near where I grew up in BFE Nebraska.... Quote
Dru Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 http://www.m90.org/index.php?id=9616 See video of enormously fat cat The best part is when it runs up the stairs. Quote
Thinker Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 http://vip.mikrobitti.fi/~tapiob/whitelines.gif funny video. Quote
marylou Posted December 31, 2005 Author Posted December 31, 2005 http://www.m90.org/index.php?id=9616 See video of enormously fat cat The best part is when it runs up the stairs. Day-um!! Quote
chirp Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 http://www.m90.org/index.php?id=9616 See video of enormously fat cat The best part is when it runs up the stairs. Day-um!! Almost has a larva like quality about it. Quote
Kraken Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 and i thought my 30 pound cat was huge... Quote
faster_than_you Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 A combination of two undated handout photographs shows Mischief the cat before (L) and after losing weight. Mischief lost 5kg (11 lb) in nine months and won Britain's pet slimmer of the year competition in 2005. A survey of British vets and owners showed that one in three pets, or 33 percent, were considered overweight and 38 percent of pet owners said their animals put on weight over Christmas. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) Some cats aren't fat....Don't drink from the Crooked River! Edited January 9, 2006 by Peter_Puget Quote
faster_than_you Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 A 33-pound cat in Qingdao, China, is being described as a "feline monster" because of its 31-inch waist and large size, according to a report. The 9-year-old cat from the Shandong Province is so heavy it needs the help of its owner to get onto a bed. However, the cat is in surprisingly good health despite its weight, Local 6 News reported. The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers to eat six pounds of chicken and pork each day. This fat cat is not alone in his weight problem, according to the report. Obesity has become a serious problem for the modern cat, primarily due to a lack of exercise and a richer diet. Cats are susceptible to a range of illnesses including kidney trouble and diabetes, if they are allowed to remain overweight. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. Quote
olyclimber Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 i would not want to be the person in charge of cleaning that thing's cat box Quote
Dechristo Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 probably use a pick-up truck bedliner and a hay fork. Quote
minx Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 shoot! i thought my cat oscar was fat! heck he's downright svelt compared to that beast! btw-mischief, the dieting british house cat looks way pissed off in the after picture. Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 fat enough to have carrie fisher chained up to him Quote
Dru Posted February 21, 2006 Posted February 21, 2006 That cat needs powered lycra if it's going to solo Rainier. Quote
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