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Local Cat Trains for Marathon

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Local Cat Trains for Marathon

A local cat named Rubiks has been training extremely hard as part of a plan to run the New York City Marathon.  According to friends, her routine is pretty rigorous: two miles on the treadmill as a warm up for a 45-minute Zumba dance class, then five miles on the exercise bike before a light lunch of cantaloupe and field greens.  After lunch she does 30-minutes with the leg weights before going out for a 10-mile free run.

“It’s impressive, sure,” said Jonah Thomas, Rubiks’ training partner at the gym.  "But do I expect her to win?  No, not really.  I mean, 26 miles is an insane amount for a cat.“

Via timc1004.

Reclusive Cat Only Leaves Sensory Deprivation Tank Once Per Year

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Reclusive Cat Only Leaves Sensory Deprivation Tank Once Per Year

Since retiring from the stage in 2003, Nikolai the cat has grown more eccentric with each passing year.  According to a new unauthorized tell-all biography released today, Nikolai spends most of his time in a sensory deprivation chamber and only leaves once each year on the Summer Solstice.  

“He takes his meals there.  He bathes there.  He sleeps there.  The sensory deprivation tank has become his entire world,” alleges the book, entitled Meow: The Story of the Greatest Showcat the World Has Every Seen, and His Downfall.  "Nikolai only leaves the chamber once each year, on the Summer Solstice, to be rejuvenated by the sun’s healing rays during its longest transit across the sky.“

The book is already #2 on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list.

Via jadepearli.

Time Traveling Cat Appears on Rare $2 Bill

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Time Traveling Cat Appears on Rare $2 Bill

Theoretical physicists have voiced concern over a possible tear in the time-space continuum since a rare U.S. $2 bill surfaced with the image of a cat accompanying Thomas Jefferson.

The cat in question? None other than Hank, a candidate for senate in the commonwealth of Virginia – Jefferson’s birthplace.

“The note was discontinued in 1966, and there certainly wasn’t a cat on it back then,” says currency historian Mark Hentz. “I’m not really sure what’s going on.”

But Dr. Nelson Kim, a physicist who studies time paradoxes at MIT, has two theories. “Either Hank traveled through time to affect the minting between 1869 and 1966, or he went even further back to befriend Jefferson himself, thus ensuring his inclusion in the portrait. Either way, that’s a lot of work for a campaign stunt.”

You can purchase one of these rare notes from Hank’s campaign website. At a mere $1.50, it’s a real steal. Proceeds benefit the Rzhevka Animal Shelter in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Save a Life. Adopt a Shelter Cat.

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Save a Life. Adopt a Shelter Cat.

June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month, and you can help find good homes for more than 145,000 kitties in need at Petfinder.com.

Bringing a pet into your home requires a lot of preparation and patience. That’s why the experts at Petfinder offer a wealth of cat care articles and training tips.

Find a shelter near you, or spread the word on Facebook and Twitter.

Via Alan Chan.

Cat, Bored by TV, Cuts Cable Cord

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Cat, Bored by TV, Cuts Cable Cord

“She’s been thinking about it for some time,” Erica Rayfield tells The Fluffington Post. Her neighbor, a cat named Stella, finally got fed up with her traditional cable package. “She’d just be there on the couch, flipping through the channels, bored to tears,” Rayfield recalls. “Yesterday, she tossed the remote and said, enough is enough.”

While Stella could not be reached for comment, friends say she’s quite happy with her combination of Netflix, Hulu and iTunes.

Submitted by Hilary Bingle.