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Saturday, June 26, 2010


After the farming accident, sounds like Oscar only has eight, or possibly seven lives left. And he's definitely already got one foot in the grave. Ok, maybe two.
A cat which lost both back paws after a traumatic accident involving a combine harvester has regained a spring in its step after being fitted with prosthetic limbs.

In a groundbreaking surgery carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a Surrey-based veterinary surgeon, the custom-made implants "peg" the ankle to Oscar's foot and mimic the way in which deer antler bone grows through skin.

"We have managed to get the bone and skin to grow into the implant and we have developed an 'exoprosthesis' that allows this implant to work as a see-saw on the bottom of an animal's limbs to give him effectively normal gait," he added.
That's incredible that they can get the skin to grow around it. Still going to be creepy when Oscar jumps on your pillow at 3 A.M.



I hope they're carefull. This is exactly how Darth Vadar got started.


Update:Yahoo's now running this under the headline "Faux paws." Apparently this story is replete with jokes.



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