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世界在世最长寿猫将满27岁：相当于人类120岁

A cat in the UK was just given the title of “The Oldest Cat In The World” by the Guinness World Records. The cat is Flossie. It is black and brown. It was 26 years and 316 days old—which is equal to 120 human years—when she was given the title.

Flossie’s story began in 1995. She was born on the street. She had no owner at that time. She and other homeless cats lived a tough life, so a group of kind people decided to take them home. Each of them takes one home. That was how Flossie ended up with her first owner. Sadly, her first owner passed away 10 years later, but Flossie was then taken in by her first owner’s sister. The pair enjoyed 14 years together until the second owner died. After that, the second owner’s son decided to take care of Flossie, then aged 24—already a surprising number.

After three years together, the third owner realized that the old cat had some needs due to her age that he couldn’t meet, and he sent her to a Cats Protection shelter(收容所). That was when the shelter realized what they were dealing with. “We were shocked when we saw that Flossie’s vet(兽医) records showed her to be 27 years old,” Naomi Rosling at Cats Protection said.

Although at first they feared Flossie would spend her final days looking for a forever home, it didn’t take long for the cute cat to be paired with her new mom, Vicki Green, who had plenty of experience caring for older cats. Green hopes this story will inspire more people to adopt old cats.