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[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 194 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stomp: "I'll have a rum . . . . And coke."

Bartender: "why the pause?"

Stomp: "Dunno, I've always had them."

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago
[–] GasMeterCrasher@lemmy.zip 66 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna need another photo before I believe this is real... and I just want another.

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[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to adopt a different GF

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

Right?! I’d go it alone with Stomp by my side.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

are we sure this is a cat and not a young lynx?

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It’s a Highlander cat. Natural bobbed tail, curled ears, and polydactyl claws.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Those are very rare. In fact, I'm pretty sure there can be only one.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What? It’s been a crossbreed since like 2004? Unless I’m getting whooshed?

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"there can be only one" is a common saying from the Highlander series of movies and TV shows, which refers to an in-universe event where "immortals" (they can be killed by decapitation) feel compelled to "the gathering" and slay each other until the last one receives "the gift".

The series is named "Highlander" because the protagonist in the first movie, Connor MacLeod, is an immortal from the highlands of Scotland and often called "the highlander" by immortals, since he may be living under a different name (because even in fiction paperwork is a bitch).

Outside of the series, "highlander" variants of various games exist which impose a limit of a single instance of a card/token/spell/action where the standard rules have a higher limit or no limit.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just imagine the amount of biscuits Stomp could make. Absolute perfection

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm proud of y'all for not replying "absolute purrfection"

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[–] nick@midwest.social 26 points 10 months ago

I’d adopt this freak show in a second and give him the best home

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 10 months ago

I got my long haired Highlander from a gal at work whose daughter was allergic. Best cat I’ve ever had.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

We can't see your cat's tail from this one picture. Is it short? Those feet and short tail may make Stomp a Pixie-Bob breed .

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Its a highland lynx, which are generally bred to have manx tail.

Fun fact: because of the manx tail, it has a high chance of being incontinent.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Since they’re from the Isle of Man, wouldn’t they be out continent?

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

That is a lynx.

[–] nsrxn@scribe.disroot.org 18 points 10 months ago (4 children)

why did you name him stomp

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

Hot damn! Those paws are comically big. It's like if a cartoon cat with big feet came to life but kept the disproportionate paws. Awesome!

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

You know what they say about cats with big peets.

They need big cuddles. I'm glad he's got an accomodating home.

[–] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Call me crazy but I love it. Makes him even more cute!

[–] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago
[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not a pathological defect though? I mean does he have health problems because of his paws?

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Polydatctyly (extra toes) is not all that uncommon in cats. As far as I know it doesn't lead to any notable negative outcomes. We had a poly cat (named Poly because that's what the shelter called her) who lived a long and healthy life. Earnest Hemmingway famously kept and bred polydactyl cats at his home in Key West, and if you go visit the staff there still take care of their descendants.

Here's our Poly:

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago
[–] aramis87@fedia.io 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If this is actually your cat, you might get him checked for acromegaly.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 18 points 10 months ago

Looks like polydactyly to me, which is not uncommon in cats.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not my kitty, but good to know!

[–] GenerationII@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Ernest Hemingway used to collect polydactyl cats and now, because of him, there is a abnormally sizable population of polydactyl cats on Key West, FL.

[–] nick@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ive been to the Hemingway house 20 or so times now (every year I visit) and it’s great. Now i just go to sit there and pet cats. I don’t even care about Hemingway.

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If you are not having a very large stiff drink while you are petting them, you may be doing it wrong!

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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Ground pounders up and around.

[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

I bet that adorable dude can move.

I wanna see the boot not too big for the gd feet!

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago

I love stomp

[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I hope he doesn’t grow into those feet.

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