Cat in China grows a pair of wings

[MaachaQ]

Cat in China grows a pair of wings
Feline was born normal but developed appendages at age 1, family says
Image: Cat with “wings”

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/S...ings.widec.jpg

New wings? No big deal! The cat’s family says the feline is enjoying all the attention.

A kitty in Chongqing, China, is getting some extra-special attention these days: The furry feline has developed wings! Though born looking completely normal, once the cat hit the age of 1, he began growing wing-shaped appendages on either side of his spine, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports.

While some think the bony limbs may be a mutation of some kind — or even a Siamese twin growing inside the cat — others speculate it's a genetic change perhaps caused by chemicals ingested by the kitty's mother while she was pregnant.

According to the cat's owners, he doesn't seem to mind his new wings — and he’s loving the attention he's received because of them!

Strange as the case may sound, winged felines are not unheard of. Back in August 2008, the U.K. Telegraph reported that tomcats in China's Sichuan province developed wing-like growths on their backs.

Veterinary experts said then that despite the hard inner core, the "wings" don't harm cats' quality of life or safety. According to the Telegraph's report, scientists believe the appendages developed due to grooming habits, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30967440/?GT1=43001

[gamez]

Must. breed. kitty.

We used to have a cat that would dive off our second floor stair railing at the back of the house and jump into the big snowbanks in the winter with a huge fwoomph.

I want one that'll jump off and fly.

Alternatively.

Spoiler: show

WHOOOHOOOOOO, YEAHHHH FALCORRRRRR. http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...nup/falcor.jpg

[Correction]

This is why the 5-second rule doesn't exist in china. Something falls on the floor YOU LEAVE IT THERE.

[Sol-Blackguy]

Evolution maybe?

[antihero]

This is the beginning of the end

[gamez]

Veterinary experts said then that despite the hard inner core, the "wings" don't harm cats' quality of life or safety. According to the Telegraph's report, scientists believe the appendages developed due to grooming habits, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition.

I'm going to stop washing my back.

[Demni]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/lu.../7/74/Ruby.JPG
this came to mind

[kyod]

Obviously they gave the cat a lot of Red Bull

YouTube - Red Bull Commercial

[Kiro]

It hadn't been eaten yet so it figured it'd do something before they changed their minds.

[Mizango]

Darwinism.

[Mizango]

No but seriously, this gives credence and validity to the idea that those big ass chicken wings you get at the Chinese restaurant really is a cat.

[Kiro]

So this one escaped and decided to bust the secret Chinese industry of cat wings wide open so they'd be brought to justice and his fellow felines set free?!

[Mizango]

Precisely!

[Cheerios]

There was a story like this I think over a year ago, but it was a different cat.

Ananova - Cat grows wings

Ok, maybe not a year. September '08

http://www.greenexpander.com/2008/09...t-grows-wings/

[Kiro]

Gadzooks.

[Cheerios]

Jiminy Jillickers

[Kiro]

DAT FAYCE

[Shade]

This has been happening on and off for quite a long time, actually.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o.../wings1xn5.jpg
Winged cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's strange but kinda neat.

[Kiro]

This is obviously a sign that the end of humanity is near.

It'll be a catastrophe.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

This is obviously a sign that the end of humanity is near.

It'll be a catastrophe.

I see what you did there...

Well, if it's just wings that don't do anything, neat, but years away from flying cats, but if it can like, flap them....