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Article #2152Re: Cats in trees
From: djgonzales
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:58
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:58
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Actually another poster in this thread said he did indeed see a cat skeleton in a tree. "hpjeannie" <hpjeannie@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:31ec7e6d.0201211604.690c8b76@posting.google.com... > Alan Miller <alan@webvenues.net> wrote in message news:<3C4A52C0.DE4789BA@webvenues.net>... > > Why would you bother. Have you ever seen a dead cat in a tree???? > > A seemingly clever, if facile, response. > > If a cat in a tree is dying of starvation, exposure or injuries, it > will generally fall out of the tree when it becomes unconscious, > whereupon it will either die from the fall, remain unconscious and > then die, get run over by a car or attacked by other animals, or > recover and leave. > > This is why there are rarely cat skeletons in trees. The cat's demise > is hardly ever a result of quietly starving to death up there. > > That said, cats are rarely truly stuck in trees. They *think* they're > stuck, yowl piteously, then figure out a way down when they get hungry > enough. > > Jeannie >
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