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Another Pet Finds Way Home

I'm always fascinated by stories of dogs and cats that manage to find their way home from distant places. Here's a story a bit short on details but still remarkable from Yahoo:

Cat treks across Siberia:

A cat named Kuzya made a 1,300-mile journey across Siberia to be reunited with his owners.

The Efremov family thought Kuzya was dead after he vanished while with them on holiday in eastern Russia during the summer.

A family member said: "There were bite marks on the cat's tail, and his claws had been worn away to nothing. It's unbelievable he made it across Siberian woods and hills and crossed rivers and lakes to get home."

If this were the only instance I would discount it as a fabrication but we hear these stories all the time. What is that incredible mechanism in some pet brains that allows them to navigate such distances?

Posted by Jeff Soyer at December 10, 2004 07:43 AM