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Cats Are Finally Getting Geneticists' Attention
January 15, 2015 ^
| January 15, 2015
| Carl Engelking
Posted on 01/24/2015 3:27:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:03:47 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: ifinnegan
Would you be interested in a big cat?
Nope. I'm already fighting for space on my bed with a regular size cat. He has a slide rule, always knows where the EXACT CENTER of the bed is, and there he sleeps.
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:05:37 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: ifinnegan
Would you be interested in a big cat? A domestic cat that grows larger due to additional growth associated genes that would have the same temperament as any domestic cat? No, because it would eat me if I forgot to feed it.
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:18:33 PM PST
by
Ditto
To: Veto!
To: Ditto
Naw.
Big kitty wouldn’t eat you.
Thanks for your answer.
To: SunkenCiv
Figures the scientist’s last name is Lyons.
***
:)
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:23:02 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
To: Daffynition
To: ifinnegan
I think the good Lord already did something like that:
(Pulchritude warning - I’m sure the guys will say that the pet-owner is NOT GUILTY):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqv1f9UHwQ
I could deal with a Savannah, F2, maybe. But the little kitties we’ve got now jump, bite and scratch quite enough for me :-)
-JT
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:33:34 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: SunkenCiv
pro-feline propaganda!
:-)
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posted on
01/24/2015 5:38:18 PM PST
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Daffynition
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posted on
01/24/2015 6:07:29 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
To: Jamestown1630
In my circle of friends the term "forced affection" has been adopted to represent how my brother insists that all cats (even though they won't admit it) want to be picked up, flipped on their back and cradled like a baby. My brother has been bloodied by several cats as a result of his misapplication of "F.A." Watching that Serval video... All I can think about is how badly F.A. would go in this situation... either case... Serval or the blonde.
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posted on
01/24/2015 6:21:58 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
I was shuddering through the entire video. I expected Pretty Girl’s face to be scratched off at any moment.
I don’t know anything about her; but unless you’re a professional, and have a professional setup to house one of those guys, I don’t think they’re a good idea as pets. I think a lot of them wind up unwanted, because the owners didn’t know what they were in for, and then become disenchanted.
A Savannah might be nice, somewhere down the F-line.
-JT
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posted on
01/24/2015 6:36:37 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ifinnegan
“A domestic cat that grows larger due to additional growth associated genes that would have the same temperament as any domestic cat?”
This would not necessarily be a good thing, knowing how destructive some normal-sized house cats can be. And I say that as a cat lover and manservant to three of them.
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posted on
01/24/2015 7:08:21 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
To: Slyfox
Ve propose ze final solution to ze dog qvestion!
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posted on
01/24/2015 7:10:06 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
To: Rodamala
In the case of the blonde, forced affection is punishable by law.
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posted on
01/24/2015 7:13:02 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
To: Veto!
There is already “designer” cats...
Munchkins, curls, sphinx, and manx (lumpys or rumpys) just to name a few.
Our cat is either a Manx or American bobtail... She’s a stubby with somewhat longish back legs, very affectionate and very VERY vocal.
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posted on
01/24/2015 7:54:52 PM PST
by
2CAVTrooper
(Scouts Out!)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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posted on
01/24/2015 7:57:24 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: Slyfox
That’s a nice little Kitler ya got there!
CC
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posted on
01/24/2015 9:42:33 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(Cogito ergo non liberalo: I think, therefore I'm not a Democrat)
To: doorgunner69; Jack Hydrazine; 9YearLurker; Rodamala; Slyfox; Hot Tabasco; Slings and Arrows; ...
Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.
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posted on
01/25/2015 2:52:07 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
People love dogs because dogs love them back. Cats not so much.
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posted on
01/25/2015 10:09:50 AM PST
by
wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one... what's your plan?)
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