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Is my cat a maine coon? 6 months old and started to grow long hair behind his ears. Long tail hair too but short hair otherwise (lemmy.nz)

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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He's missing the super long ear hair tufts. Here's my guy for comparison

[-] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago

Uhh that's not a cat, that's the guy who played Hellboy

[-] bcgm3@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Lol, maybe you already knew, but there is/was a subreddit called "RonPerlmanCats"

[-] Feyter@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

Oh boy... now I discovered that Sarah Connor once fall in love with a Kilrathi. The 80s/90s where a interesting time.

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 7 points 4 months ago

blep

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 31 points 4 months ago

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

I don’t know why, but your cat is giving strong Ralph Wiggum energy

I think it’s how the hairs that stick out clump into strands

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 44 points 4 months ago

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

How lewd.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Looks like he might be crossed with one.

Also that pose is amazing lol

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

[-] disregardable@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

If he grows to 2x that size, yes

[-] TRBoom@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago

Little dude has got a skullet 😭

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

Literally devin townsend in a different font

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 10 points 4 months ago

I’d say no, due to the lack of a mane

[-] zwerg@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

Also no where near big enough

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

Probably a domestic longhair. Maine Coons have really distinctive heavy snouts, they're dramatically huge, like the size of a bobcat, and they've got this dense 3 layer coat that forms a lion-like mane.

If it's just some little dude that wandered up out of the world in the top 50th percentile of fluffiness, what you've got there is a domestic longhair. Probably introduce him to brushing while he's young because mats aren't fun, otherwise same operator's manual as a shorthair. Obligate carnivore diet, scatching post and sandbox, gentle scritches behind the ears, lots of naps, sunny windowsill for basking.

[-] bcgm3@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Could be a mixed-breed? I'm no expert, but things like that do happen.

Either way, what an interesting and special little genetic anomaly you've found. I had a cat whose belly -- and only her belly -- was covered in fine curls. Straight everywhere else. Never seen anything like it before or since.

[-] quitthebiz@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Does your cat look like Ron Perelman? If so, yes. If not, no.

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yep, that's Ron right above your comment. :D

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Idk they're like people, races/breeds are just made up nonsense. It's all one species felis catus, they can all breed together, and your cat is a unique and beautiful cat!