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From the Vaults: Cat vs. Alligator, Cat Wins

If you picture a cat, a regular cat going up against an alligator, chances are you wouldn't assume it would also win. Check out the video above to see it's possible. The clip was shot in November 2010 in a wildlife part in New Orleans. Tourists fed an alligator chicken meat and then recorded as a cat tried ...

24 January 2012
06:24 GMT

Viral of the Day: Troll Crow Gets Two Cats Fighting

This video hasn't gone viral yet but it should – or will, more likely. From the vaults of the Internet comes another clip to make your life better, if only with just a smile. Here is a crow that not only doesn't know the meaning of the word “quit,” but is also smart and devious enough to g...

17 January 2012
10:36 GMT

Bit.ly Scientists Prove that Dogs Are More Popular than Cats on the Internet

It has been a well known mantra for many years, the internet loves cats. There's never enough cats on the internet and anything and everything becomes better when add cats into the mix.But no one has stood to question this axiom, especially since empirical evidence suggests that it's true.Alas, the scientis...

25 November 2011
16:11 GMT

How a Parasite Puts Rats in Cats' Paws

The parasite Toxoplasma is dead serious when it comes to fulfilling its reproductive cycle. Fortunately for it, the death part applies to rats it infects in order to achieve its purpose. Infected rodents lose their fear response when exposed to cat urine, which makes them easy targets for the felines. Whenever rats s...

19 August 2011
05:01 GMT

Latest Pet Craze: Skunks

If you thought paying a small fortune on micro piglets, or teacup pigs, as they’re called, you should know there are far weirder choices for a pet possible. One trend that is picking up these days, in the UK at least, is that of skunks as pets.Many owners claim that skunks, while more exotic than cats and dogs ...

11 April 2011
16:51 GMT

Vaccine Against Cat Allergies in the Works

In the near future, cat allergies will be all but gone from the general population. Researchers are already reporting positive, encouraging results in preliminary tests, which show that the substance they are working with is harmless when injected to humans. According to a recent paper describing the advancement, the...

5 April 2011
19:01 GMT

Dogs Can Heal Eczema in Kids

A new study looking at the relationship between pet ownership and eczema concluded that having a dog reduces the risk of developing eczema by age 4, in children with dog allergies.Nowadays, the number of kids that develop eczema is continuously rising, but the exact causes have not yet been established.One of the pro...

30 September 2010
06:37 GMT

Andrew Lloyd Webber Comes to Lips

Microsoft, as the video game publisher, and The Really Useful Group, a musical entertainment company, has signed an agreement linked to bringing the music of well known composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to the Lips music simulation title for the Xbox 360.On August 13 gamers who are interested in the entertainment experien...

12 August 2010
03:04 GMT

Miyamoto's Next Game Could Cough Out Hair Balls

Shigeru Miyamoto first started working for Nintendo in 1977 and gave birth to the first real masterpiece of gaming for the company in 1981, in the form of the original Donkey Kong. Since then, the game designer became responsible for other legends of gaming like the Super Mario franchise, The Legend of Zelda game ser...

4 November 2009
04:11 GMT

Robo-Cats Could Provide Support for the Elderly

A newly-proposed idea in the United Kingdom holds that seniors in the country could, within three years, start enjoying the company of robotic kittens in their households. According to leading psychiatrists, always having some company around could benefit the elderly, and could make them become more involved in daily...

22 August 2009
04:59 GMT

The World's 6 Smallest Animals

All around the world, people are used to seeing all sorts of animals, of various shapes and sizes. New species appear or go extinct everyday, yet there are those creatures that seem so peculiar to us because they are very very tiny. And from an evolutionary point of view, they make no sense, seeing how size is usuall...

11 February 2009
01:57 GMT

Smokers Would Quit to Avoid Harming Their Pets

Second-hand smoking is just as dangerous to pets as it is to humans, a new scientific study has showed just recently. After making this information the focus point of a survey, researchers have learned that more than a quarter of people now smoking regularly would quit the habit in order to protect their beloved pets...

10 February 2009
13:01 GMT

The Cat Did It: Eczema Trouble

Not so very good news for cat lovers out there, especially if you have a young baby at home or are thinking of having one in the near future. A recent study carried out at the University Hospital Gentofte in Copenhagen, Denmark, has analyzed the connection between eczema, a gene mutation, and cats and reached the con...

25 June 2008
04:57 GMT

Get Your Coolest Kitty Picture, Right Here!

Here's a great offer for you! Click on a link and not only get a free Kitty Card from Psycho Cat, but you also get a nice virus infection! How about that? I haven't written anything about Storm in quite a while - it was about time it popped up again! You know, Storm, it's old, but always new. Storm is ...

12 October 2007
04:50 GMT

Caaaaats! Don't Worry, it's a Game

Cats in a Flap is one of the newest mobile games from Under Siege Studio. By playing it, anyone can become involved in a funny "war" against... cats. You must defend a house and guard more than nine cat flaps, preventing as many cats as possible to enter the house. Speed is important, as you have to press the number...

14 May 2007
09:23 GMT


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