# Amazing: cat lives to 12 years

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 2, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-cat-lives-to-12-years/505052 "2009-08-02T13:11:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-cat-lives-to-12-years/505052/61 "2009-08-04T16:47:06Z")

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Eccles, my cat, died some months back, he was 15 years old.

He was a fully paid up member of MENSA, had taken hang gliding lessons and could fly a Boeing 747 and was in fact employed on a part time basis by British Airways.

One of his unreported feats was the fact that 7 years ago he swam The English Channel both ways without a pause (or paws) and it only took him 12½ hours.

He could also play the violin ♪

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