this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What in shaved hell happened to the cat? Don't tell me it's sphinx I can see those single whiskers!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_cat

“Whiskers may be present, either whole or broken, or may be totally absent.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

“Whiplike, tapering tail from body to tip, (sometimes with fur all over tail or a puff of fur on the tip, like a lion)”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Now I'm a better, more educated man. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wait.. so someone actually shaved a cat? People are awful, poor animals treated as cute little toys.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, sphinxes naturally have very short or nonexistent whiskers. Poor OP has to deal with accusations of animal cruelty every time they post, I would have given up by now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

True but if we reframe it, OP gets multiple chances to re-educate people on a misunderstood breed of cat. They are truly a champion of life-long learning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nah! I've just learned that there's a breed called devon rex and those have fur (very short tho) and look super cool! Might even say that (in my opinion) they look better than sphinxes 👀