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  • Cat that bit Atlantic County Santa Claus wasn't a bobcat

    12/15/2008 9:41:11 AM PST · by Shermy · 18 replies · 788+ views
    Philly.com ^ | December 11, 2008
    Professional Santa Jonathan Bebbington can relax: the feline that bit him last weekend at an Atlantic County pet store is neither rabid nor a wild bobcat. Bebbington, 47, of Vineland, was working at a charity photo event in Mays Landing when the cat bit him, sparking concern over whether Santa would need rabies shots. According to Atlantic County Health officials and the cat's owner, the animal was a pixie-bob, a domesticated cat distantly related to the bobcat. Bebbington was posing with animals at a fund-raiser for Penny Angel's Beagle Rescue when Christine Haughey of Egg Harbor brought her large cat...
  • Maine Coon Cat (Straight Dope Mailbag)

    08/05/2004 11:19:14 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 24 replies · 524+ views
    Straight Dope Science Advisory Board ^ | 29-Jun-1999 | SDSTAFF Jill
    One of the oldest breeds of cats in North America is the Maine Coon Cat, and some say 40% of the originals had extra toes. One article said it evolved as a "snowshoe foot" to help these cats walk in the snow. Cute story, but probably [expletive deleted] ...The breed closest to the Maine Coon Cat is the Norwegian Forest Cat which evolved in the same climate and lends credence to one theory that ancestors of the Coon Cat may have even come to the New World onboard Viking ships. I like that theory best.