Sooner or later, like it or not, you and I will pass on. We shall be no more, cease to be, expire and go to meet our makers. We'll be stiffs, bereft of life, we'll rest in peace. We shall be ex-people.

But for residents of a particular nursing home in Rhode Island, going to join the (bleedin') choir invisible isn't all bad. Because right before you go, you get the pleasure of spending your last moments with one of the most delightful creatures to ever exist on this Earth! What form does this Grim Reaper take? Watch to find out!

And remember, at Science in Seconds there's nothing we love more than these sweet critters. Nothing.

<sub>Host: Brit Trogen

Photo credits: Dr. Dosa, Rhode Island Hospital

References:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp078108

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7129952/Cat-predicts-50-deaths-in-RI-nursing-home.html</sub>