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Meet the 'poodle cat': Freak genetics means this feline is classified as a separate breed
Daily Mail [UK] ^
| 23 June 2013
| Helen Lawson
Posted on 06/23/2013 12:34:18 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Their thick, curly coats have earned them the nickname 'cats in sheep's clothing'.
Now the Selkirk Rex has been declared as a breed of its own by scientists, nine generations after it first appeared.
And every Selkirk Rex in the world can be traced back to one mother - Miss DePesto.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: catbreeds; kittyping; newcatbreed; poodlecat
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To: Slings and Arrows
During the Manhattenzoic era when giant predatory poodles ruled, the simple cat had to evolve or die.
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06/23/2013 2:16:00 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Libertarians, Gays = in all marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.)
To: ansel12
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06/23/2013 2:22:41 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: Slings and Arrows
Looks like the cat has started a trend in the domestic animal community
http://news.yahoo.com/fluffy-cows-old-beauty-practice-gains-attention-220738025.html
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posted on
06/23/2013 2:52:10 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
To: Slings and Arrows
reminds me -
The number one rock and roll song on Scottish farms is “Hey! McCleod!!! Get off of my ewe!”
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06/23/2013 2:54:49 PM PDT
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llevrok
(We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
To: llevrok
The grunge rock community is into it too.
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06/23/2013 3:11:05 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: Slings and Arrows
I saw that on a bovine social network called “Teater”
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posted on
06/23/2013 3:30:23 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
To: Darksheare
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06/23/2013 4:24:05 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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