Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 One animal started to develop the "wings" during a period of hot weather in Sichuan, a large province in southern China where a devastating earthquake struck this spring. Although the growths appear fluffy, they contain bone. But veterinary experts say that despite the hard inner core, the flaps do not harm the cat's quality of life or safety. Several animals were photographed with the furry protuberances by a local newspaper photographer. "At first they were just two bumps, but they started to grow quickly, and after a month there were two wings," said one cat's owner, who was only identified as Feng. "Many female cats in heat came to harass him, and then the wings started to grow," she told the local Huashang News. Although Feng attributed her pet's condition to the stress of a feline love life and the hot Sichuan summer. However, scientists said the wings had a less romantic explanation. In fact, the hairy growths probably developed because of unusual grooming habits, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition. www.telegraph.co.uk
Coolness Bears Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 FLY MY PRETTY FLY! :p My fears are becoming a reality I knew the cats were out to get me. This is more solid evidence than ever before... /paranoia
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 FLY MY PRETTY FLY! :p My fears are becoming a reality I knew the cats were out to get me. This is more solid evidence than ever before... /paranoia Look out Coolness!
triforcemario Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 I lol'd inmensily when I saw the thread title. Then I read it, and felt disapointed.
Ninty 182 Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Sorry but that is bollocks. Animals don't suddenly develop wings just because it's sunny. Sun-tan lotion isn't to prevent wing growth or anything like that. What utter shite.
Coolness Bears Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Look out Coolness! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Where is that from? That cat has been watching too much anime! :p
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Where is that from? That cat has been watching too much anime! :p Eh Pokemon CB.
Coolness Bears Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Seriously? 0___________0 what Pokemon? :p I really do not recognise it...
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 Seriously? 0___________0 what Pokemon? :p I really do not recognise it... The filename say 'Nall'
Jimbob Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Umm, weird is what i can say to this. I think this cat took the Red Bull ads too seriously, and proves once and for all that it DOES give you wings.
Retro_Link Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Sorry but that is bollocks. Animals don't suddenly develop wings just because it's sunny. Sun-tan lotion isn't to prevent wing growth or anything like that. What utter shite. Yeah what a load of utter crap!
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 HISTORICAL REPORTS OF WINGED CATS There are around 138 reported sightings of winged cats. There are 28 documented cases i.e. with physical evidence and at least 20 photographs and, in recent times, one video. Several bodies and living winged cats have been examined. There is at least one stuffed specimen, but this may be a nineteenth century fake. Possibly the earliest report of a winged cat is that by Henry David Thoreau: "A few years before I lived in the woods there was what was called a 'winged cat' in one of the farm-houses in Lincoln nearest the pond, Mr. Gillian Baker's. When I called to see her in June, 1842, she was gone a-hunting in the woods, as was her wont ... but her mistress told me that she came into the neighbourhood a little more than a year before, in April, and was finally taken into their house; that she was of a dark brownish-grey colour, with a white spot on her throat, and white feet, and had a large bushy tail like a fox; that in the winter the fur grew thick and flattened out along her sides, forming strips ten or twelve inches long by two and a half wide, and under her chin like a muff, the upper side loose, the under matted like felt, and in the spring these appendages dropped off. They gave me a pair of her 'wings,' which I keep still. There is no appearance of a membrane about them. Some thought it was part flying squirrel or some other wild animal, which is not impossible, for, according to naturalists, prolific hybrids have been produced by the union of the marten and the domestic cat. This would have been the right kind of cat for me to keep, if I had kept any; for why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse? " An undated case from Leeds in the 1800s involved a winged cat at the centre of a custody dispute with one party claiming him to be their cat, Thomas, and the other claiming it to be their feline, Bessy. An undated, but old, winged cat taxidermy specimen can be found in the Niagara Valley. It has bony structures near its shoulder blades covered with flaps of skin. The specimen appears genuine, but the nature of the bony structures is unknown (possibly extra limbs). In "Animal Fakes and Frauds" (1976), Peter Dance wrote of a 19th century winged cat that was preserved and offered for sale in the early 1960s (this may be Thomas/Bessy). According to information about the creature, distributed from an address on London's Bond Street, the wings had grown when the cat was very young. It had been exhibited during the 19th century by a circus owner until its original owner demanded its return. A lawsuit ensued and the cat was ordered to be shipped back to its original owner. It died in transit and it was alleged that it had been deliberately poisoned. Its body was taxidermised and placed in a glass case displayed in a pub, ultimately ending up in an attic until being rediscovered and offered for sale. Dance had offered, apparently unsuccessfully, to buy it in order to discover whether or not it was genuine. Another early report comes from India in 1868, but it is not possible to make a positive identification. The report described a nondescript animal, said to be a flying cat. The Bhells called it pauca billee, from the Hindi "pankha billi" (winged cat). It had been shot by Mr Alexander Gibson, in the Punch Mehali and the dried skin exhibited at a meeting of the Bombay Asiatic Society. The skin measured 18 inches (44 cm) in length, and was quite as broad when extended in the air. Mr Gibson, who was well known as a member of the Asiatic Society and a contributor to its journal, believed it to be a cat, and not a bat or a flying-fox as other people contended.
Jonnas Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Eh Pokemon CB. Wha...? No, it's not a Pokémon. It's a pet from a game called Lunar Legend.
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 Wha...?No, it's not a Pokémon. It's a pet from a game called Lunar Legend. My mistake then i thought it was Pokémon.
Coolness Bears Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Wha...?No, it's not a Pokémon. It's a pet from a game called Lunar Legend. Ah right! Thanks Jonnas! I didn't think it was. I know my Pokemon!
Sheikah Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 And finally...my dream comes true. My Xbox gamertag name shows my true dreams! I've always wanted a moogle...
Konfucius Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Damn that's strange stuff. But the cat's wings should improve. Imagine the possibilities! Cat sees bird (=food) on tree. Cat climbs on tree. Bird flies away... cat follows.
Retro_Link Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Damn that's strange stuff. But the cat's wings should improve. Imagine the possibilities! Cat sees bird (=food) on tree. Cat climbs on tree. Bird flies away... cat follows. Cat shits all over the country!... oh no wait, the feckers do that already!
Dante Posted August 28, 2008 Author Posted August 28, 2008 Do you post on neogaf Dante? Nope but I know some old users from here do post at neogaf.
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