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Pabu and Casper, reporting for duty (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 week ago by BradleyUffner@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[-] regdog@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Cute cats

[-] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today 20 points 1 week ago

Man, haired sphynxes always look weirder to me than hairless.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Let me slip into something weird.

[-] bibluz4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

Casper looks like a medieval cat, I love him

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

The one on our right, is that a Sphinx? Usually they have no hair but the proportions seem right. Not a cat expert though. Just love critters.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cornish Rex. Most cats have 3 layers of fur - guard, mid, and down. Cornish Rex are missing the guard and mid layers, but have a full wavy down coat. They are incredibly soft, like petting a rabbit.

[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is there a reason they only have the one type of fur layer, like are they from an area where they did not need the other layers of fur?

I mean obviously it might be Cornwall or whatever, that seems pretty chilly to not have the other layers of fur, and wet.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

It's just a random genetic mutation as far I know. Someone found a random kitten in a barn and thought "I'm going to turn this in to a new breed of cat!". The Wikipedia article I linked has some of the details.