Holy Hairballs, Batman...!

[cheshcat]

Oh my Gods. It's a kitty the size of a horse.... No really, it is! (Click on images to make him biiiiig!)

His name is Hercules and he could qualify as a small Clydesdale. He is absolutely gorgeous, like something out of a fantasy novel, but... absolutely real. *smirk* When I saw him, I immediately thought Weta should use him as a model for their

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Only problem with ligers?

[lunakitten]

Apparently they're dumb as posts. We're talking bag of rocks.
I have a dear friend, GinRei, who worked with a rescue and breeding shelter, traveling around with the cats and playing with the babies (lucky, lucky girl). We were fortunate enough to be able to offer her a place to stay while she was traveling, and she brought us lots of great photos. She had some pretty interesting things to say about all of the cats, but the Ligers made her roll her eyes. She said she'd never met an animal quite so dopey.

Re: Only problem with ligers?

[cheshcat]

*laugh* I guess that could be a problem, if said dope is 1,000 lbs.! But he seems affectionate from the photos.

Nomad and I are used to dumb kitties. Two years ago I adopted a very sweet, black stray who was pregnant. We called her Rox (as in "dumb-as-a-box-of-", but spelled differently to give her a little dignity). We think she had bred with her own son, so when she had her four kits, three of them turned out to be extremely stupid (but incredibly sweet). The fourth (the only boy) is not exactly brilliant -- he's just bolder, more curious, and less vacant compared to his sisters. :P

My mother used to breed Himalayans which are an poofy, inbred cross between Persians and Siameses. (yes, Lux, even poofier than me!). They were called "lap cats," not necessarily because they were affectionate, but because they were too dumb to get down. ;)

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What?! You have seen this kitty in person, and have never told me? What kind of Meeba-Sis are you??? Did you get to pet him? Take his picture??

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That. . . is a big, big kitty.

He might even be bigger than Hiatus thinks he is, but I doubt it.

[cheshcat]

His expression is so sweet... he looks like he's been photomanip'd. He looks too perfect to be soo huge.

*smirk* Does Hiatus think he is so big? I thought Hiatus, like Totoro, still thought he had the dimensions of a kitten, and constantly lived in a state of slight confusion when physical reality did not match up.

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Sometimes Hiatus thinks that he his a little bitty kitten. Sometimes Hiatus thinks that he's the biggest living thing ever. It depends on his mood, and I think maybe what Scout's been up to. :)