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Oscar has predicted 25 deaths by curling up next to patient in final hours PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the [...]

A U.S.-born giant panda has given birth to twin cubs in a research centre in southwest China, state media reported on Tuesday, its third pair of twins so far. Eight-year-old Huamei, whose name means “China America”, gave birth to the first cub at Sichuan province’s Wolong Nature Reserve early on Monday, Xinhua news agency said. [...]

A squid as long as a bus and weighing 550 pounds washed up on an Australian beach, officials said Wednesday. “It is a whopper,” said Genefor Walker-Smith, a zoologist who studies invertebrates at the Tasmanian Museum. Giant squid live in waters off southern Australia and New Zealand _ where a half-ton colossus, believed to be [...]

Japan’s cutest cat will be cushioning one lucky dog when the canine’s owner buys a $31,660 doghouse set to go on sale later this month. The one-of-a-kind fancy residence, large enough for a lapdog like a Chihuahua or terrier, is decorated with 7,600 crystal beads and has a pillow in the shape of Hello Kitty’s [...]

It’s a squid, it’s an octopus, it’s … a mystery from the deep. What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahole Point on the Big Island remains unidentified today and could possibly be a new species, said local biologists. The specimen was found caught in a filter in one of Natural Energy [...]

We really would like to know what they did to this creature to get him in this sort of shape…

Garfield, Morris and the Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today’s furry felines and you find “lybica,” a Middle Eastern wildcat.  Domestic cats can be traced to wild progenitors that interbred well over 100,000 years ago, new research indicates. “House cats — which includes fancy breeds and feral cats — those cats [...]

Clown hired to cheer up monkeys A German zoo has hired a clown to stop its monkeys getting bored. Zoo bosses got local entertainer Christina Peter, 45, to act the fool after vets said the chimps, baboons, gorillas and orang-utans in zoo cages were more often sick or aggressive when they grew bored. Christina said [...]

An empty gourmet dog food can taken from Paris Hilton’s trash fetched $305 (€224) in an eBay auction.The bidding that ended Sunday had reached $1.5 million (€1.1 million), but some of the bids were retracted or canceled because the wrong amount was entered or they were not legitimate, according to the eBay Web site. The [...]

Two baby marmosets that were stolen from an exotic pet store have been found safe, and two Kentucky teenagers were charged in the theft, authorities say. The monkeys were taken from the Exotic Pet Center in Sevierville early Thursday but were found in Maryville, about 30 miles west, authorities said Monday. An 18-year-old woman and [...]