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True story. I work with cats, and very rarely we’ll see one where the owner will say it’s a Siamese mix or a British shorthair mix, and the cat is distinctive enough to support it.
But mostly cats are varying flavors if incestuous, inbred little beasties. Got a super fluffy cat? Not a Maine coon. Recessive longhair genes, naturally selected to be warm in the winter. Got a crosseyed seal point? Not a Siamese, just extra inbred and smart enough to invite himself into your house. Black cats are not all Bombay, grey cats are not all Russian Blue.
They’re just all survivors.
Comment by QuonkTheGreat at 17/06/2022 at 06:54 UTC
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Yeah I guess that’s a product of the fact that cats lived and bred basically on their own historically. Dogs were kept and selectively bred by humans much more which is the only reason you have these strange “breed” things. If we let them live in the wild you wouldn’t have breeds like that, you’d just end up with dogs, which may vary gradually by region for survival reasons.
Comment by fluffofthewild at 17/06/2022 at 10:29 UTC
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I have two British Shorthair x Ragdolls and the only way you'd really know is from their behaviour when you pick them up. One does the classic ragdoll flop & melt and the other does a very typical British shorthair *freeze and hold on for dear life.*
My other two cats... no idea. Just cats.
Comment by Stunning_Patience_78 at 17/06/2022 at 14:50 UTC
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Oh I worked at a pet supply store once where a real Bombay cat came in for adoption. I've never seen a black cat like her. So freaking shiny. She was wonderful. I felt bad for her though since she had a litter recently and it seemed like the kittens were taken too soon. She still had milk.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/06/2022 at 16:13 UTC
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“But mostly cats are varying flavors of incestuous, inbred little beasties” is a descriptive sentence that I didn’t know I needed to hear, but will definitely repeat as often as circumstances warrant.
Comment by wanderer3131 at 17/06/2022 at 11:05 UTC
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I have a very pretty cat, either MH or LH, and people ask me what breed she is. No matter how pretty she is, she is just a DL/MH Tabby cat. That's it.
Comment by CherryTheDerg at 17/06/2022 at 21:34 UTC
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Tbf Maine coon and Siamese are also inbred...
Comment by [deleted] at 17/06/2022 at 16:14 UTC
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“But mostly cats are varying flavors of incestuous, inbred little beasties” is a descriptive sentence that I didn’t know I needed to hear, but will definitely repeat as often as circumstances warrant.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/06/2022 at 16:13 UTC
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“But mostly cats are varying flavors of incestuous, inbred little beasties” is a descriptive sentence that I didn’t know I needed to hear, but will definitely repeat as often as circumstances warrant.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/06/2022 at 16:14 UTC
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“But mostly cats are varying flavors of incestuous, inbred little beasties” is a descriptive sentence that I didn’t know I needed to hear, but will definitely repeat as often as circumstances warrant.