Snippet: Survival Double Feature!

What great survivors our pets can be.

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We’ve heard of dogs and cats going missing, only to turn up at their owners’ doorsteps weeks, months or even years later; now we can add snakes to that list. The BBC reported that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were recently called to a residence in Spennymoor, County Durham, to rescue a 3-foot-long corn snake atop a garage roof; the snake had escaped a crow that attempted to carry it off. When a neighbor came by to see the rescued critter, she recognized it as her pet snake, Agnus, who had been missing for a year. RSPCA inspector John Lawson was surprised the snake had survived out in the cold for so long. “The vet believes Agnus had gone into brumation mode, similar to hibernation, and her body had shut down in order to survive,” Lawson said. Agnus received treatment for a respiratory infection before being reunited with her owner. [BBC, 3/28/24]

— https://www.uexpress.com/oddities/news-of-the-weird/2024/04/05 —

Nine Lives

Nicci Knight of Newby, North Yorkshire, England, was enjoying a vacation in Turkey when her neighbors let her know they had found her cat, Ted, drowned in their pond. “I had to break the news to my husband and our four children, and we were all absolutely devastated,” Knight said. The BBC reported on Sept. 6 that Knight arranged for her pet to be cremated and went on with the holiday. But four days later, her cat sitter, who had been looking after the family’s other cat, called her and said Ted had just walked through the cat flap on the door. Knight realized she had “paid 130 pounds to cremate someone else’s cat.” After returning home, she collected the cremains, which had been labeled “Not Dead Ted.” The family has not been able to trace the owner of the drowned cat; they believe it was probably a stray. [BBC, 9/6/2024]

— https://www.uexpress.com/oddities/news-of-the-weird/2024/09/13 —

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