Chubby : The Two-and-a-half Stone Cat

A Chinese man believes his two-and-a-half stone (more than 15 kg) cat could be the heaviest in the world. Xu Jirong, of Qingdao, in northern China's Shandong province, says the cat, named Chubby, has a 27ins waist and gains more than two pounds every year.

 

Chubby prefers pork to fish and can swallow down four or five pieces of raw pork within minutes. That is probably the secret of her above normal weight gain. What you say? Take a look at her picture.

Willow - Dog that can Read!

According to news reports, New York animal trainer Lyssa Rosenberg has taught her terrier 'Willow' to obey simple written commands. How? For example, Willow plays dead when she sees the word 'bang', stretches a paw in the air when she sees 'wave' and gets up on her back feet to beg when she sees the words 'sit up'. So, like humans dogs can also read words?

How it started? Ms Rosenberg has the experience of training dogs to appear in TV adverts and pose on photo shoots. Once, for a bet she told a friend that she would teach Willow to read. The friend challenged the bet and promised a free trip to Mexico if she could do it. So, Ms Rosenberg started to train Willow and within six weeks the terrier was ready with the ability to recognize words and react to written commands. Ms Rosenberg won the bet and Willow went on a trip to Mexico with her!

Willow has her own pet passport and regularly flies transatlantic to visit Ms Rosenberg's husband Gareth Howells, in Guildford, Surrey. She was also the second witness at the couple's wedding at New York City Hall in March - signing the marriage certificate with an inky paw print.