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October 24

sexnotsex: SoBinique: Kitten

October 10

evoke: oddish: zombieparty: (via tryphena)

books and kittens: two great tastes, taste great together

October 6

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October 5

kittenskittenskittens:

o.O

October 3

A Milo and six Lyras (via Daveybot)

two cats + photomontage = seven cats!

September 27

breathsoftruth: aaaartstar:

meow meow me-ow me-ow

September 25

kittenskittenskittens: deep sleep

September 10

Male Tortoiseshell Cat Defies the Laws of Biology

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libertyavenue:

A gender-bending kitten in England is grabbing headlines for its unusual markings — and more notably, his sex. Eddie, a black and orange tortoiseshell kitten, was born male — a “genetic impossibility,” his owner, veterinarian Karen Horne, told the Daily Mail. Horne adopted the unusual male kitten after it arrived — along with his three tortoiseshell sisters — at her veterinary practice via a local cat rescue group.

The Daily Mail writes that the cat “overturns the normal laws of biology,” and that’s somewhat true. Tortoiseshell cats are nearly always female because two X chromosomes are required to produce the brindled black and orange coat coloring. Male cats have only one X and one Y chromosome, so it is “technically impossible” for them to inherit the tortoiseshell coloring, the Daily Mail writes. However, in extremely rare instances, a male kitten is born with tortoiseshell markings because it has an extra X chromosome (making it an “XXY”), according to VeterinaryPartner.com.

Just how rare is a male tortoiseshell cat? “Of eight million pet cats in Britain only a couple a year are born male tortoiseshells,” reports the Daily Mail. At VeterinaryPartner.com, they estimate the odds at 1 in 3,000.

Eddie the kitten, named for the famed cross-dressing British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard, may be a “boy dressed in girls’ clothing,” his owner told the Daily Mail, but “so far, there are no signs of any gender confusion and he seems to be all there.”

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(Bolding by me.)

Also, how is an XXY cat “Def[ying] the Laws of Biology”?

And how do you tell if a kitten is behaving in a gender-normative way?

I think that last part was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

August 28

catsdoingshit:

Cat pretending to walk down a staircase.

(via SofiDofi)

savethekitties: (via *Axel+)

August 27

kayrutledge: briandoody: dreamsincolor / maketeanotwar / helloimabigail / spreadlegsnotlies / rawrimapenguin / samjas / makeupandbullets

August 24

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August 23

SPROING!

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August 21

amyyy:

Okay, I can’t stop looking at this picture.

I’ve been in love with lambs my entire life (even more so when they’re donning a yellow mini-bandana), and I love curious kittens who smell everything. This picture and I were destined to meet.

(via verbadjectivenoun & suitep)

♥

August 14

savethekitties:

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WHAT UUUUUUP!

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