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To: FairOpinion

Well, the folded ears are a cute touch.

One of out two cats, a big male grey tabby, got rechristened 'puppycat' long before this story came out:

He goes on walks with you (though we've had very cat-like cats that do that);scratches at the door to be let in the way dogs do; watches what you are doing and your face, rather than sitting on your work; ticks on hard surfaces when he walks (his claws don't seem to fully sheath); watches television; communicates that he wants something by meowing and leading you to it--be it the door out, his food bowl, or his favorite spot for being brushed; and tends to track mud around.

His mother was all black, and siamese-build, so he probably has saimese ancestors (all black and all white cats are often 'defective siamese'), and probably got the saimese visual system (there are direct connections from the retina to parts of the brain in siamese not found in other breeds).


53 posted on 03/25/2006 5:20:25 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David

One of mine is part siamese, but the other is a calico.


57 posted on 03/25/2006 11:21:42 AM PST by KYGrandma (Kentucky girl who wants to go home)
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