Sphynx

Sphynx — page 1 — Bald and Beautiful If you are asked to imagine a cat you might think of a small animal with a long tail big eyes and coat of soft silky fur There is one breed of cat however that doesn't exactly fit that description Sphynx cats are different from other breeds in one important way These cats do not have a thick coat of fur Sphynx cats have caused a lot of arguments among cat lovers Some cat fans think these animals look like small ugly space aliens Sphynx cat owners however say their hairless pets are beautiful One thing everyone agrees on is that these smart friendly felines are one of the most unusual breeds of cat in the

Sphynx — page 2 — A sphynx cat Perfect Purr Facts Sphynx cats often look very wrinkled They actually have no more wrinkles than other cats though It's just that their wrinkly skin is always

Sphynx — page 3 — The First Sphynx Cat It doesn't happen very often but occasionally a female cat with a furry coat will give birth to a hairless kitten This happened in Toronto Canada in 1966 A black and white furry cat gave birth to a bald kitten The kitten's owner named him Prune after the wrinkled dried fruit Prune's owner decided to develop a breed of hairless cats When an animal breeder wants to create animals that look a certain way the breeder mates males and females that have a similar look Prune's owner didn't have any other hairless cats though so Prune mated with normal furry females A small number of Prune's kittens were born bald but most had fur So the plan to create a new breed of wrinkled hairless cats never got off the ground A sphynx cat 6

Sphynx — page 4 — Perfect Purr Facts Prune's bald kittens were known as Canadian hairless cats Some people started to call them sphynx cats though after the ancient Egyptian sphinx The name stuck An Egyptian sphinx is a mythical beast with a lion's body and a human head An Egyptian sphinx statue

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