Posted on 05/27/2009 2:56:18 AM PDT by Daffynition
ANIMAL experts have been pussy-footing over the explanation for a cat that has developed bat-like wings on either side of its back.
The long-haired white feline was born a normal kitten, but started to develop furry wing-like appendages on either side of its back when it was just a year old.
Scientists believe the growths may be the result of a genetic mutation caused by chemicals during its mother's pregnancy. Alternatively, the cat which was discovered in Chongqing, China, may be a freak that developed from two embryos.
However, the puss does not seem to be bothered by its wings, and it was quick enough to swoop on any cat biscuits dished up.
Chongqing is known as one of China's hottest cities and, following the discovery of this cat, the air there is certainly getting a bit moggy.
Moggie looks as if she needs a good grooming.
It evolved this feature, so that it could get into British newspapers.
Part tribble?
Never fear, they’ll be eating it soon enough.
Sure there is a benefit. Now that this cat is famous, it won't be eaten plus, these wings should make it much better at catching birds.
But seriously, first the swine flew and now cats are flying? This has to be due to global warming.
When cats fly! :)
FlyingSquirrels.com:
http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/
Ok - Where’s the requisite photo of Helen Thomas or James Carville?
It evolved this feature so it wouldn’t be eaten (we’ve been to China nad seen the cats hanging in the market in Guangzhou.) In the Guangzhou zoo there was a German Shepherd in a cage. We decided they were protecting the dog from being eaten.
Introducing the new Flying Viking Kitten. Perfect for Zot warfare. Horned helmet and submachinegun sold separately.
ah, as foretold by the Mayan, the winged kitty of Chongqing.
similar to the Great White Buffalo, but Ted will never make a song about it.
Lands on all fours, with our without wings.
“So that when his tired wings began at last to fail, and he began to sink lower and lower toward the silvered waters, there was no fear and no regret in his breast. It was what he had always expected and wanted, at the end, and he was drowsily glad - glad to be falling as all they with wings must finally fall, after a brief lifetime of wild, sweet flight, dropping contentedly to rest.”
- “He that hath wings,” Edmund Hamilton, 1938
http://thehathorlegacy.com/he-that-hath-wings-edmond-hamilton/
We have been to China and to Guangzhou as well - did you go to the VERY large restaurant that has all the “entrees” in cages as you enter?
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