Massive hair ball removed from cat’s stomach – photos
GEMMA the cat has had a 5in-long 215g hair ball removed from her tummy. The hair is believed to be the cat’s own and not the product of bedroom and carpet harvests. Says David Fennell, of the Cromwell Vet Group in Huntingdon, Cambridgegshire (we’re number one hair balls and merkins!):
“It was about 12.5cm (5in) wide, filled the entire stomach cavity and she had not eaten for days. It would certainly have killed her. She was clearly hungry, but as we later found out, therewas absolutely no room in her stomach for anything else.“
The nation’s reality TV stars have begun to suck their hair extensions with (lo-cal) relish…
Shooting Pains
HOU Guoying, 65, of China, has a pain in her face. She has been complaining of an agonising headache. Guoying has a bullet embedded near her right jaw and ear, having been accidentally shot with a pistol during the Cultural Revolution in 1967. In 1978, an X-ray revealed the bullet in her head. She declined an opertion, fearing the poor medical facilties woudl get her before the bullet. Last month she has the 3.3cm-long bullet removed.
Posted: 26th, January 2012 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
