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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.


21 posted on 06/23/2013 2:16:00 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarians, Gays = in all marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.)
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To: ansel12

*chuckle*


22 posted on 06/23/2013 2:22:41 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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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

23 posted on 06/23/2013 2:52:10 PM PDT by llevrok (We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

reminds me -
The number one rock and roll song on Scottish farms is “Hey! McCleod!!! Get off of my ewe!”


24 posted on 06/23/2013 2:54:49 PM PDT by llevrok (We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
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To: llevrok
The grunge rock community is into it too.


25 posted on 06/23/2013 3:11:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I saw that on a bovine social network called “Teater”


26 posted on 06/23/2013 3:30:23 PM PDT by llevrok (We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
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To: Darksheare

ping - #25


27 posted on 06/23/2013 4:24:05 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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