and so handsome, he even takes my breath away once in awhile

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fragmentedquailsoul:

locsgirl:

eeveeweevee:

gly9h-the-hellhound:

pillory:

Oscar was adopted as a kitten from an animal shelter and grew up in the third-floor end-stage dementia unit at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The 41-bed unit treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses, most of whom are in the end stage of life and are generally unaware of their surroundings. Oscar was one of six cats adopted by Steere House, which bills itself as a “pet friendly” facility.

After about six months, the staff noticed that Oscar, just like the doctors and nurses, would make his own rounds. Oscar would sniff and observe patients, then curl up to sleep with certain ones. The patients he would sleep with often died within several hours of his arrival. One of the first cases involved a patient who had a blood clot in her leg that was ice cold at the time. Oscar wrapped his body around her leg and stayed until the woman died.In another instance, the doctor had made a determination of impending death based on the patient’s condition, while Oscar simply walked away, causing the doctor to believe that Oscar’s streak (12 at the time) had ended. However, it would be later discovered that the doctor’s prognosis was simply 10 hours too early: Oscar later visited the patient, who died two hours later.

Oscar’s accuracy led the staff to institute a new and unusual protocol: once he is discovered sleeping with a patient, staff will call family members to notify them of the patient’s (expected) impending death.

Most of the time the patient’s family has no issue with Oscar being present at the time of death. On those occasions when he is removed from the room at the family’s request, he is known to pace back and forth in front of the door and meow in protest. When present, Oscar will stay by the patient until they die, then after death will quietly leave the room.

i find this very interesting as this behavior seems common in many cats that reside in mental and nursing homes. Often sharing the bed of the soon to be deceased. In the ancient world cats were revered by many cultures, most famously Ancient Egypt, as guardians of the underworld, keepers of the gate of death, and sometimes even harbingers of death itself. This makes me wonder whether this behavior was observed during ancient times as well and perhaps prompted this belief and many practices surrounding it. 

I believe House had an ep based on this and he determined that the cat just picked people who had a fever,  and were therefor warmer than other places. it didn’t predict death, it just wanted a warm spot to sleep.

idk if it’s the same for this cat, but it is absolutely fascinating.

They know, man.  They KNOW.  They have a stronger connection to the supernatural than most humans will ever have.  Same with dogs, too.

I remember seeing on tv somewhere that scientists think that the human body may emit some kind of smell shortly before death that only animals can detect…made sense to me.

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honeybits:

This was a life changing revelation for me.

welcomeovens:

I LITERALLY LAUGHED SO HARD AT THIS PART AND IT ANNOYED EVERYONE THE END

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catsandallthatjazz:

the-girl-that-died:

shesmorethanyouknow:

tricksterjaneycrocker:

stugahtsz:

juncko:

madmeinabluebox:

forever-pretty-awkward:

Ways to kill your enemies

I know way too much about killing people because of this website

I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE INVISIBLE BALLS ARE SUPPOSED TO KILL YOU???? 250K NOTES DOES ANYBODY ACTUALLY KNOW

by swallowing the water without the knowledge of the balls’ presence, you’re basically destined to choke on them

bubble tea of death

Bubble tea of death

Also the marbles absorb water, so once they get inside you, they’ll start expanding even more and basically take all the fluid out of your body and you’ll very slowly dehydrate to death.

Basically Bubble Tea of Death

imagineyouricon:

Imagine your icon cuddling up to you on a snowy winter’s night.

iamjacks-completelack-ofsurprise:

Will Smith embarrassing Jaden has got to be one of my all time favorite things

abominablecc:

Bachelor Party

analghost:

firelord obama leads the fire nation’s first strike

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