this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why is your cat made of velvet

[–] CheesyGordita@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

They were out of fur at the factory. lol

[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What in shaved hell happened to the cat? Don't tell me it's sphinx I can see those single whiskers!

[–] CheesyGordita@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_cat

“Whiskers may be present, either whole or broken, or may be totally absent.”

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] CheesyGordita@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

“Whiplike, tapering tail from body to tip, (sometimes with fur all over tail or a puff of fur on the tip, like a lion)”

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago
[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Now I'm a better, more educated man. Thank you!

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wait.. so someone actually shaved a cat? People are awful, poor animals treated as cute little toys.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, sphinxes naturally have very short or nonexistent whiskers. Poor OP has to deal with accusations of animal cruelty every time they post, I would have given up by now

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

True but if we reframe it, OP gets multiple chances to re-educate people on a misunderstood breed of cat. They are truly a champion of life-long learning.

[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Nah! I've just learned that there's a breed called devon rex and those have fur (very short tho) and look super cool! Might even say that (in my opinion) they look better than sphinxes 👀

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I’m Catman

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yes you are! And a handsome one at that.