Galena is a house cat from Utah who was accidentally taped inside an Amazon return box and shipped 650 miles to a warehouse in Riverside, California. This episode explains the biology of her survival, detailing how the evolutionary resilience of feline kidneys allowed her to withstand six days without food or water.

We cover:

• Desert Adaptations: How cats are biologically engineered to retain water in extreme confinement.
• The Microchip Factor: The critical scan that identified her hours before she would have been lost in the shelter system.
• The "Box" Instinct: Why cats climb into shipping boxes in the first place (Thigmotaxis).
• The Rescue: The chain of events that reunited her with her owners.

The science behind the "miracle" of the Amazon cat.
https://blog.catcognition.com/cat-survived-amazon-box/

Key Topics: Galena, Cat Survival, Feline Kidneys, Microchipping, Pet Safety, Amazon Returns, Dehydration.

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