This cute kitten is just playing, but he looks like he wants to be Maneki Neko! If that makes no sense to you, see the earlier post Seven Strange Lucky Charms. -via Arbroath
The ears require a little extra care, but it's not a particularly nasty affliction or anything.
To avoid further degradation of the cartilage, Scottish Folds are only bred with Scottish Short-hairs (the same breed, just without the mutation) and you get 50% with the fold and 50% without.
It’s been twenty years or so since I read that book; amazing, how quickly it comes back.
Well it's about time to pick it up again. Or better yet the whole series. There is much in the Chronicles that is written for adults; I've read the whole series a number of times (each of the books can be finished on a Sunday afternoon) and something new hits me every time.
A sciopod is also featured in another book, 'Baudolino', by Umberto Eco, a historical fiction novel based partly on early stories of the kingdom of Prester John in the 13th century. Not quite reading material for adolescents, though I remember reading "The Name of the Rose" in high school. For anyone interested in medieval history, Umberto Eco's novels are great reads.
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To avoid further degradation of the cartilage, Scottish Folds are only bred with Scottish Short-hairs (the same breed, just without the mutation) and you get 50% with the fold and 50% without.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saci_%28Brazilian_folklore%29
It's been twenty years or so since I read that book; amazing, how quickly it comes back.
They were under a curse of invisibility.
Well it's about time to pick it up again. Or better yet the whole series. There is much in the Chronicles that is written for adults; I've read the whole series a number of times (each of the books can be finished on a Sunday afternoon) and something new hits me every time.