Talk:Oscar (bionic cat)

Why bionic?
This cat can be considered a cyborg, but hasn't anything to do with bionics. Thus I consider this to be the wrong title. --KnightMove (talk) 21:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's the common name that the media has chosen to give him. Plus, there's already an Oscar (cat) page, which would have been the obvious choice. 81.157.194.78 (talk) 09:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Actaully he very much is bionic - a mixture of biology - his skin and bone, fusing with technology - the implants into his ankle with the special coating that allows the body to 'grow' into it. The vet in the tv programme says 'Oscar truly is a bionic cat', so the name came from the vet himself, and the media then picked up on it. 86.152.22.134 (talk) 15:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't question the title anymore, but what you mention exactly makes him a cyborg, not a bionic cat. Check out what bionics means. --KnightMove (talk) 00:53, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * In the bionic article it states "In medicine, bionics means the replacement or enhancement of organs or other body parts by mechanical versions. Bionic implants differ from mere prostheses by mimicking the original function very closely, or even surpassing it."
 * In the cyborg article it says "Real (as opposed to fictional) cyborgs are more frequently people who use cybernetic technology to repair or overcome the physical and mental constraints of their bodies."
 * They both seem pretty close to the same thing to me, even interchangable maybe.
 * Since the cat has been actually referred to as a "bionic cat" in media and that is what people would probably search for the title is appropriate. Autumn Veil (talk) 23:26, 1 October 2010 (UTC)