11/84Percentage of nuts that squirrels lose because they forget where they put them (according to Beatrix Potter): 50

Link

6/88Price of Video Dog, a tape offering the “experience of owning a pet without the mess and inconvenience”: $19.95

Creative Programming (N.Y.C.)

    Price of Video Baby: $19.95

Creative Programming (N.Y.C.)

8/88Chances that an adult will die after a fall from six stories: 9 in 10

Robert Dernling and Kenneth Warner, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)

    Chances that a cat will: 1 in 10

C.J. Mehlhoff and W.O. Whitney, Animal Medical Center (N.Y.C.)

5/94Price of an electronically animated bluebird, featuring “digitally recorded birdsong,” from The Sharper Image: $29.95

The Sharper Image (San Francisco)

8/93Number of American cats fitted with pacemakers last year: 800

American Animal Hospital Association (Denver)