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Sanrio, a Japanese company announced plans to begin selling solid gold Hello Kitty playing cards through its online shop beginning October 3. Each of the 54 cards (2 jokers included) measures 58 x 89 mm and is made from 0.73 gram of 99.99% pure gold. Pressed to a thickness of 7 microns with precision rolling technology developed by the Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, the cards are sealed in a protective laminate printed with colorful designs that depict Hello Kitty in royal dress.% pure gold pressed to a thickness of 7 microns. The cards are priced at 567,000 yen ($4,900).

Source : online shop sanrio pinktentacle.com

Leo Cat - A sleek scratching post designed by James Owen. The scratching post has either a stabilized or rounded base. The rounded base is gently curved and produces a slight rocking motion whenever kitty wants to sharpen its claws and engage in some playtime activity. The stabilized base is for the cat that prefers an inert foundation when it does it’s scratching. Find out more HERE

Source : yankodesign

Below are some cute picture contest entries at www.worth1000.com/…

Source : www.worth1000.com

Watch the story on this unusual pair here.ape_and_ cat_unoriginal.CO.UK.wmv

Source : YNC.com scottrope.typepad.com

To see more paintings on panta and other animals by Zhang Qikai, visit Zhang Qikai’s online gallery here.

Visit this site to see Guido Daniele’s amazing art on painting hands. Below are some of his beautiful works.

 

Another beautiful story unfold. The picture below shows a macaque nestles his head against his feathered friend. We , the humans, are taking a lesson here. These beautiful animals give us a hint that we could have a much more pleasant state of living if we can do away with sectarian agenda.

The story was reported in www.dailymail.co.uk on September 13 -

“They’re an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.

The 12-week-old macaque - who was abandoned by his mother - was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.

After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless - until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon.

The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.

Now the unlikely duo are never far from each other’s side, but they aren’t the only ones to strike up an unusual friendship.

Earlier this year a pig adopted a tiger cub and raised him along with her piglets because his mother couldn’t feed him.

And in 2005 a baby dear named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.”

Source : Daily Mail UK

It is not unusual for us to throw a stick and train our dog to do the fetching. But this smart cat called Annie will do the throwing and let her owner do all the fetching. She can do a lot of other things beside getting caught in the act of stealing candy as shown in the photo here. Visit zefrank.com for a full set of flash video on Annie.

Wow! What a Cat-Fish!!! Do not be alarmed. It is not a new species created by pollution. Just a photo created for fun and artistic expression by some computer graphic artists. More Catfish Here.
Source: Allatok

I read it somewhere, a forum site perhaps, that one reader was very worried about her cat drinking from the toilet bowl. This item could be her solution - an advanced large-capacity feline drinking fountain. This water bowl was developed by a veterinarian with the help of an animal behaviorist from Chicagos renowned Anti-Cruelty Society. It continually circulates water, encouraging proper hydration by attracting pets to drink more, thereby reducing the risk of urinary tract infection and kidney disease. Available at Hammacher

Cat herding? Never heard of it. Make ten thousand cats go where you want them? Believe it. Watch this video before you say, “Oh yah?”

One hugh Hello Kitty collection item with a big price tag (eight million yen) for the Hello Kitty fans.

Source : Kittyhell.com

A post at http://www.kirchersoiety.org/blog/ says: “Athanasius Kircher first described the cat piano in his landmark 1650 work Musurgia Universalis.

In order to raise the spirits of an Italian prince burdened by the cares of his position, a musician created for him a cat piano. The musician selected cats whose natural voices were at different pitches and arranged them in cages side by side, so that when a key on the piano was depressed, a mechanism drove a sharp spike into the appropriate cat’s tail. The result was a melody of meows that became more vigorous as the cats became more desperate. Who could not help but laugh at such music? Thus was the prince raised from his melancholy.”

It must be a torture for the cats. I just cannot imagine that people would do this kind of thing now and I doubt that a present day prince would find it amusing.

From the last post, you can see that you run the risk of losing millions if your cat is roaming wild in public places. On the other extreme, if you have a chance to do a painting of your cat sitting quietly with your spouse or friend, you may one day be rewarded with millions. The world famous abstract artist, Pablo Picasso, painted “Dora Maar With CAT” and that painting was sold with a price of $95.2 millions in the year 2006. “http://painting.name/” would be an interesting site to visit if you enjoy looking at abstract paintings or want to find out more what abstract art is all about.