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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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Pix, video at source.

Thanks to Gefn for the link!

1 posted on 06/23/2013 12:34:18 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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2 posted on 06/23/2013 12:34:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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Those permanents must be expensive.


3 posted on 06/23/2013 12:39:49 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

knappy!


4 posted on 06/23/2013 12:48:00 PM PDT by schm0e ("we are in the midst of a coup.")
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Nappy cat.


5 posted on 06/23/2013 12:54:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Wonderful!


6 posted on 06/23/2013 12:54:54 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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Poodle cat? Oh they mean the John Kerry feline.


7 posted on 06/23/2013 12:57:47 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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Oh, poodle cat.

8 posted on 06/23/2013 1:05:02 PM PDT by schm0e ("we are in the midst of a coup.")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Unneutered ones are Al Gore felines.


9 posted on 06/23/2013 1:05:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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Looks like a shabby bathroom rug.


10 posted on 06/23/2013 1:06:31 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Looks like Moochelle’s hair when she’s not wearing one of her wigs.


11 posted on 06/23/2013 1:16:47 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Not to be confused with....


12 posted on 06/23/2013 1:19:18 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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Not to be confused with....

Except maybe in Chinese restaurants.

13 posted on 06/23/2013 1:33:10 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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Cute kitties, the poodles. I want one!

14 posted on 06/23/2013 1:52:31 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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That is one cute cat!!


15 posted on 06/23/2013 1:52:41 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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"If it fits, I sits."

16 posted on 06/23/2013 1:54:37 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: autumnraine

Fluffy!


17 posted on 06/23/2013 1:54:50 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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Pork Lo Mein ...takeout...or pig in a blanket [for westerners]


18 posted on 06/23/2013 2:00:35 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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19 posted on 06/23/2013 2:08:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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"Angus MacAngus, what hae your cat been doin' tae my wee ewe?!"

20 posted on 06/23/2013 2:14:39 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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