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Dog Gives Birth to 20 Puppies
Call her the Nadya Suleman of the canine world. A super-fertile Florida dog named Dixie gave birth to 20 puppies last week.
"It's been around-the-clock feedings" said Dixie's owner, Deanna Stewart. "Because she has so many, she can't do it on her own, so we're having to bottle feed just to make sure they're all rotated and everything's fine with that."
Dixie fell just short of the world record, which is 24 puppies. But her owners have their hands full.
"It's a hard job. We have to go every three hours and feed them," said Deanna's son, Braxton Stewart.
The Grim Reap-Purr
For his knack for knowing when people are about to die, Oscar the cat made it into the New England Journal of Medicine last summer.
Officials at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island said the cat curled up next to 25 patients right before they died.
The hospital even gave him a plaque for providing compassionate hospice care.
Man's Best Friend… Really
This dog can do way more than roll over and shake hands.
When Buddy's owner had a seizure, the German shepherd remembered his training and saved his owner's life by calling 911, the Associated Press reported in September.
It wasn't the first time Buddy came to the rescue for his owner, Joe Stalnaker, of Phoenix, police said. Buddy has made two other 911 calls when his owner was in trouble.
On a recording of the recent 911 call, Buddy can be heard whimpering and barking to the dispatcher. Police were immediately sent to Stalnaker's home. Stalnaker was brought to the hospital and recovered two days later.
Officials said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but Stalnaker's home was flagged in the system so that police knew a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was in trouble.
Glow-in-the-Dark Dogs
In regular light, they look like any other litter of puppies. But turn out the lights and put them under ultraviolet rays and they'll start to glow red.
South Korean scientists say they've used cloning techniques to engineer the world's first transgenic dogs.
The four dogs, all named "Ruppy" (a combo of "ruby" and "puppy"), glow red under ultraviolet light, and their nails and abdomens look red to the naked eye.
Seoul National University professor Lee Byeong-chun, head of the research team, said the techniques could help develop cures for human diseases.
Amadeus Meow-zart?
Here's a cat you won't forget.
Fatso has been dead for years, but this cat's piano skills are turning him into a posthumous Internet sensation.
Even if he might have had some help from human parents, his video is quite impressive.
Cockatoo Boogies His Way Into Science - ABC News
Call her the Nadya Suleman of the canine world. A super-fertile Florida dog named Dixie gave birth to 20 puppies last week.
"It's been around-the-clock feedings" said Dixie's owner, Deanna Stewart. "Because she has so many, she can't do it on her own, so we're having to bottle feed just to make sure they're all rotated and everything's fine with that."
Dixie fell just short of the world record, which is 24 puppies. But her owners have their hands full.
"It's a hard job. We have to go every three hours and feed them," said Deanna's son, Braxton Stewart.
The Grim Reap-Purr
For his knack for knowing when people are about to die, Oscar the cat made it into the New England Journal of Medicine last summer.
Officials at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island said the cat curled up next to 25 patients right before they died.
The hospital even gave him a plaque for providing compassionate hospice care.
Man's Best Friend… Really
This dog can do way more than roll over and shake hands.
When Buddy's owner had a seizure, the German shepherd remembered his training and saved his owner's life by calling 911, the Associated Press reported in September.
It wasn't the first time Buddy came to the rescue for his owner, Joe Stalnaker, of Phoenix, police said. Buddy has made two other 911 calls when his owner was in trouble.
On a recording of the recent 911 call, Buddy can be heard whimpering and barking to the dispatcher. Police were immediately sent to Stalnaker's home. Stalnaker was brought to the hospital and recovered two days later.
Officials said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but Stalnaker's home was flagged in the system so that police knew a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was in trouble.
Glow-in-the-Dark Dogs
In regular light, they look like any other litter of puppies. But turn out the lights and put them under ultraviolet rays and they'll start to glow red.
South Korean scientists say they've used cloning techniques to engineer the world's first transgenic dogs.
The four dogs, all named "Ruppy" (a combo of "ruby" and "puppy"), glow red under ultraviolet light, and their nails and abdomens look red to the naked eye.
Seoul National University professor Lee Byeong-chun, head of the research team, said the techniques could help develop cures for human diseases.
Amadeus Meow-zart?
Here's a cat you won't forget.
Fatso has been dead for years, but this cat's piano skills are turning him into a posthumous Internet sensation.
Even if he might have had some help from human parents, his video is quite impressive.
Cockatoo Boogies His Way Into Science - ABC News