Oscar the cat has a habit of curling up next to patients at the nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island, in their final hours.
According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far.
Staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.
"He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," David Dosa, a professor at Brown University who carried out the research, told the Associated Press news agency.
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It's because he is stealing... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Matt | July 26, 2007 5:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's because he is stealing their souls.
1. Posted by Matt | July 26, 2007 5:35 PM |
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Posted on July 26, 2007 17:35
2. Posted by JLawson | July 27, 2007 8:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
U no haz cheezburger?
DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Posted by JLawson | July 27, 2007 8:16 AM |
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Posted on July 27, 2007 08:16
3. Posted by drew | July 27, 2007 8:43 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Some how I never thought the Grim Reaper would be quite that Fluffy
3. Posted by drew | July 27, 2007 8:43 AM |
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Posted on July 27, 2007 08:43
4. Posted by JLawson | July 27, 2007 8:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What can I say, Tracey? Seen too many of the LOLCats pictures, and I couldn't resist!
4. Posted by JLawson | July 27, 2007 8:16 PM |
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Posted on July 27, 2007 20:16