This Cat Accidentally Turned Himself Turquoise And It’s Actually Really Pretty [pix, video]

Buzzfeed ^ | 12/5/14 | Chelsea Marshall

[Slings and Arrows]

So, there has been a green cat walking around the streets of Varna, Bulgaria, this week.

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2. Many believed that it must’ve been the work of some awful vandals and started a Facebook page to find them…

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3. However, it was thought the cat might have turned himself green when he slept in some leftover synthetic green paint and licked himself.

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4. People have been trying to catch this handsome fellow so they can clean him off but so far have been unsuccessful.

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5. Apparently, this happened last year too, so people don’t think it’s poisonous.

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6. He and his friend sure don’t seem to mind, but hopefully he’ll get his bath soon!

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7. “What’s everyone looking at??”

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8. You can watch a video on the mysterious green cat here:

[Ken H]

I just hope he doesn’t become jaded because of this.

[piasa]

In the wild, a cat may be both prey and predator, but a pet feline still has the same eye characteristics of a wild one. Cats have excellent peripheral vision and their protruding eyes give them a wider angle of vision than human eyes. Cats see clearly in only 1/6 the light we humans need and their pupils can be dialated wide enough so that they take up 90% of the eye area. The pupil may dialate whenever the cat becomes angry, excited, or frightened as the slit pupil becomes an elongated oval. In sunlight, the pupils close almost all the way, to protect the eye. Feline eyes have both rods and cones, with more rods for vision in dim light. A cat’s vision is best between six to 18 feet in front of it. A unique feature of cat vision is that the animal is able to see well in both day and night, as their pupil is able to change from an elongated oval slit to a round circle almost the same size as the cornea.

A common myth is that cats are color-blind. Through tests and trials, scientists have determined that cats are able to differentiate between green, blue, and yellow, but not red. Feline cone cells are sensitive to blue and green but not to red. Color in itself is not very meaningful to cats. The world from the feline view is seen in a soft focus; a cat cannot hone in on details because of the large lens, which functions to gather as much light as possible. Motion-detecting rod cells in the retina make cats’ eyes very attuned to motion, more than human eyes. Perhaps the most wonderful aspect of the cat’s eye is the tapetum lucidum, a layer of reflective cells found behind the retina. Through the bouncing of light off the tapetum lucidum and back to the retina, rods and cones have a better ability to receive information.
-—————http://static.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem&Art/Detail_Pages/ColorProjects_2003/Early/index.htm

Since he can see greens and blues he could be alarmed ... but he can’t see photoshop, so it’s OK.

[Slings and Arrows]

There were two famous blue guys, IIRC. One was Stan Jones...

...and the other...

...was Papa Smurf!

[Slings and Arrows]

http://instantrimshot.com/

[Slings and Arrows]

Bah.

[Darksheare]

Claws of slashing fury, he is: The Turquoise Flash!

[Slings and Arrows]

The Turquoise Flash!

Coming this summer, starring Adam Sandler as Greencat!

[moose07]

“.......he is: The Turquoise Flash!”

Sounds like a Kitchen cleaning product.
Licks all surfaces clean!

[Fire_on_High]

It’s shopped...anyone who owns a cat and has watched how they actually groom would know where to expect a different concentration of pigment and it’s not there.

[Slings and Arrows]

You telling me that someone's clowning around?

[a fool in paradise]

Cats have excellent peripheral vision and their protruding eyes give them a wider angle of vision than human eyes. Cats see clearly in only 1/6 the light we humans need and their pupils can be dialated wide enough so that they take up 90% of the eye area.

[Fresh Wind]

There’s no way that’s paint. Probably hair dye.

[Celtic Conservative]

They’re only partially colorblind. They can’t see shades of red.

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[Marie Antoinette]

They were drinking colloidal silver IIRC.

[Biggirl]

Wow! Just in time for Christmas! :) =^..^=

[smokingfrog]

I think he accidentally fell into a toilet bowl that had some of that blue-green bowl, cleaner in it.

[mikrofon]

The cat came from across the southern border – it’s actually Turkwise …

[Darksheare]

LOL!
Wonder what the logo would look like?

[wastedyears]

If I get any, they’ll be covered by clothing. I don’t like the all-over tattoos, or sleeves, or a huge piece that covers the whole back.

[Veto!]

Whatever it is, it cannot be good for his health. He’ll lick it off and whatever it is might cause internal damage over time. Poor Pussycat.