If the article is true, then a cat in China has grown a pair of furry wings. The wings have bone, but there is no mention as to whether or not they work. _________________ "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." -Edgar Allen Poe"I knew there was something special about you, but I never realized you were really a cat." Wolfwood to a random cat (Trigun)
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Posted: 26-May-2007 01:48 Post subject:
It's a condition in cats that not much is known about called feline cutaneous asthenia, mostly affecting female cats, causing an abnormal growth of skin on the back. It is thought to be a skin condition but most cats with that disorder show some movement of those "wings", suggesting that there is nervous tissue present in those skin pockets as well. Like a skin disorder, the "wings" can grow larger from stress, though I highly doubt the cat was stressed by female cats in heat. _________________ "I love deadlines. I especially love the 'whooshing' sound they make as they fly by" ~ Douglass Adams Happiness is biting your bird back.
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