Copy's Copys

The world's first cloned cat just became a mother — and she even did it without test tubes. Copy Cat, who was cloned by Texas A&M University researchers in 2001, had three kittens in September. Mother and kittens are doing well, said Duane Kraemer, an A&M veterinary medicine professor who helped clone her and has been taking care of her since.

"They're cute and we thought people ought to know about the birth,""But we're hoping it doesn't cause the same frenzy CC did."

CC got worldwide attention after she was cloned at Texas A&M, which has cloned more species than any institution in the world, including cattle, swine, goats, horses and a deer.

The father is Smokey, a naturally born tabby who was brought in to mate with CC. Two of the kittens take after their mother, while the third has a gray coat like his father.

CC is not the first cloned cat to give birth, Kraemer said. In New Orleans, two cloned wild African cats successfully mated to produce kittens.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/4403672.html

Chorus on Repeat

I never thought I'd get addicted to a My Morning Jacket song but in the past few days I haven't been able to stop thinking about their song "Wordless Chorus".



But I realize maybe the reason is because it reminds of early Sea and Cake.

Senior Catizens

Cats at risk of Alzheimer'sCATS can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, Edinburgh scientists revealed.

A study into ageing cats identified a key protein which can build up in the nerve cells in their brains and cause mental deterioration, similar to that in humans.

The research was carried out by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, as well as universities at St Andrews, Bristol and California.

Dr Danielle Gunn-Moore, of Edinburgh University, said: "We've known for a long time that cats develop dementia, but this study tells us that the cat's neural system is being compromised."

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1803762006

Looks Kill, Dude

WATCH the new video for Camera Obscura's "If Looks Could Kill"

AND

LISTEN to the tracks from the new Camera Obscura "If Looks Could Kill" single. A cover version of the Paris Sister's "I love how you love me" and a new original entitled "Hands up Baby"

Euxwanza

The Portland two, Eux Autres have recorded a wonderful holiday song for me.

Eux Autres - Another Christmas At Home

I've heard a version of the upcoming Eux Autres record and it's easily in the top ten best records I've heard in 2006.

It's gangsta'.

Letting Cat Names Down

You mean to tell us that even with these two books on the market...

























...the best people can come up with is "Max"?

According to DATA from Veterinary Pet Insurance for the third year in a row, the No. 1 name for both dogs and cats is Max.

CAT

1 Max
2 Tigger
3 Smokey
4 Tiger
5 Chloe

I've Got Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever's harmonies are good.
A less Rondelles Rondelles.
A more Casual Dots Casual Dots

MYSPACE page

Yellow Fever - Psychedelic
Yellow Fever - Ratcatcher

Good Luck

Local Cat Attempts World Record For Things Sat On












The Onion never fails.

Ode to Tuscan Milk

Loki the talking cat is pretty awesome


More videos from LOKI

WoofJam

Caninus, the world's first pit bull fronted band, the lead singers are Basil and Budgie

LISTEN here

from their myspace page:

The majority grindcore and fatal metal strips (orchestras) have the singers, trying to sound similarly to the broken (upset) deranged animals anyhow so they have decided to use a real thing. Vocals are executed by two pit bull terriers. Both were rescued days before euthanization from refuges. Caninus - all strict vegans. It has come time really to allow the animals to have their say.

CANINUS SUPPORTS A VEGAN LIFESTYLE.