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Transportation-Inspired Cardboard Cat Houses

Cardboard may not be the best material for a cat house, but those furry little creatures sure love playing in such boxes.
If you feel like spoiling your cat with a designers model, these three ones are now available from Suck UK for £15 (about $27 USD) a pop: Airplane, Fire Truck and Tank.
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Original post by GeekAlerts

Dramatic Cat

A cat watching TV suddenly realizes that someone is standing in the background.
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Original post by GeekAlerts

Pets on Wheels

Who says pets can’t benefit from technology? The days of having to put your dog or cat to sleep because they are no longer in great shape are over. Now herniated discs, amputations, and paralysis mean nothing, because you can order a set of custom “wheels” for your pet that will get them going again in no time! Manufactures have made sure to build them waterproof, land-proof, and play proof, because what is the point of giving your disabled pet back their mobility if they can’t fully utilize it?

And those people out there who are in to more exotic pets don’t have to fret about what will happen to their injured tortoises, turtles, or lizards. Pet wheels have been proven to work for reptiles as well. Writer Jim Lee built a set of custom wheels for an injured Box Turtle that allowed her to run around his house and even […]

Original post by Maria

Kitty Rhythm

Just plain ‘ol cat cuteness. Easy to do…fun to watch.
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Original post by Algonkin

Cat lovers, now you can rent a cat!

What do you do if you want a pet to play with but don’t have the time or space to keep one of your own? Well if you happen to live in (or are visiting) Tokyo, Japan, you can head over to the Nekobukuro and rent one. For 600 yen (or about $5.84) you can play in a cat-centric wonderland where felines let you pet them, play with them, and snap pictures of them as they lounge about.
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Original post by Maria

Cloned cats glow in the dark

In 2004, South Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk was honoured by Time Magazine in the annual list of People who Mattered, in recognition of his work to clone a human being. According to Time Magazine, “Hwang has already proved that human cloning is no longer science fiction, but a fact of life”. Well as it turned out in 2006, Hwang’s work was fabricated and he now stands-trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Recovering from this setback, South Korean scientists are now at it again, this time cloning cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene.

However as a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams… Remember going to Disco and pulling out your credit card under the pink lights?
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Original post by Maria

Boombox Cat House

Some creative person has taken the time to build a neat cat house that looks like a ghetto blaster.
What do you think your cat would prefer, taking a nap in a boombox or roll around on a Cat Spa?
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Original post by GeekAlerts

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