Darth Yamabungle

[bunn]

Ever since we adopted him, Yama Bungle has been Mr Snottynose.  Not only does he sneeze, he fires great gobs of snot about the place and needs his nose wiped.  And a lot of the time he breathes like Darth Vader.

Comments

[philmophlegm]

For the purposes of informing your readers, can I point out that this cat is actually called Yamamayaa and not "Yama Bungle", which would be silly?

[wellinghall]

Which "Yamamayaa" isn't?

[philmophlegm]

It's a perfectly sensible name.

Yamamayaa is a bengal cat, which means he is the result of a hybrid breeding programme involving mostly domestic cats and Asian leopard cats.

The Asian leopard cat is a small wild cat native to east and southeast Asia.

The island of Iriomote is a volcanic, tropical island, the largest of the Yaeyama islands situated far to the south of Japan. Native to Iriomote is the Iriomote cat which at various times in recent history has been classified by zoologists as a) the only member of its particular genus b) a sub-species of Asia leopard cat and c) a separate species closely related to the Asian leopard cat.

The natives of Iriomote call the cat the mountain cat, which in the Iriomote dialect of the Yaeyama language is 'Yamamayaa'.