Ummm… the author of this blog does realize that there are pictures here of two different cats? Why does that not get mentioned by the narrative which is told about the single cat? Throws the whole story into question in my opinion.

Wow! Someone needs to cross-breed this kitty with a pig, there’s a lot of bets I stand to win!

That’s not a tomcat, only females can be tricolors due to a genetic quirk.

http://fanciers.com/cat-faqs/tricolors.shtml#onlyfemales

I call B.S. on the whole article.

This is probably either matted fur or the result of a condition which causes super elasticity of the skin.

http://www.messybeast.com/winged-cats.htm

Yes, a male cat can be a tricolor. Scroll down a little on this link.
http://fanciers.com/cat-faqs/tricolors.shtml#onlyfemales

You can get tortie/calico males due to genetic or developmental quirks.

The most common cause seems to be chimerism. Two embryos bump into each other in the womb and merge together. If one is black and the other is ginger and one or both are male the result may be a tortie tomcat (or calico tomcat if the embryos had white patches).

The next most common cause seems to be XXY genetic makeup (Klinefelter Syndrome). An embryo gets one X chromosome with the black gene, one X chromosome with the ginger gene and one Y chromosome that makes it male. This chromosomal abnormality used to be thought the most common cause, but recent research shows chimerism is probably more common.

The third cause is somatic mutation. A ginger male embryo devlopes black patch in the same way as some babies develop port wine stain birth marks.

Those with XXY makeup are infertile and often have other physical abnormalities due to having too many copies of some genes..

Those with chimerism are fertile but they can only pass on either the ginger colour or the black colour, but not both, to their offspring.

Those with somatic mutation are fertile because the black patches are just birthmarks.

What about the simple answer that the cats were partially skinned? The area where both cats would have been peeled is curiously out of camera shot.

That’s a small Griffin, not a cat.

The black and white cat looks like a case of matting (tousled fur, intermingled colours), but it’s not possible to tell from a single photo. The tortie-and-white looks like a case of feline cutaneous asthenia (well documented medical condition causing elastic skin, occurs in humans, cats, horses and many other species) - the fur extends from the body without signs of matting and maintain the fur pattern.

Yes, the pics are of two different cats, and those are fur mats being held out like wings (note second pic where you can actually see the thin hair area where the mat was lifted). If those are wings- my Persian cat has an udder and devil horns and several conjoined twins. The story is pure fabrication.

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Third commenter - Are you retarded? Srsly.

Look at the source

looks face

’shopped.

Same cat, just older, and a different view

Obviously matted fur.

Doesn’t have to be female, though calico males are rare.

These are two different cats. Note the color of the fur over its left eye. Brown in one cat, black in the other. Two different cats.

As for the “wings” - who knows? With all the chemical pollution going on in the world - and especially in industrial China - all manner od genetic flukes are possible. So is fraud, of course.

I have to say that is pretty cool

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Filed under WTF? I’m going to agree with the above…either matted fur, or an excellent photoshop. Wings via sexual harassment? That would be a first wouldn’t it?

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Wings via sexual harassment… Jenny would be jealous.

this is really extraordinary. I still don’t believe it is real

Oh noes birds are so screwed

This article is completely false, first of all there are two different cats in the picture, also I believe I have seen that lady somewhere else on the net, I believe that is the Chinese Foot Binding lady.

Well, the pictures of these TWO cats have already appeared in this article, so it’s not new news:
http://www.messybeast.com/winged-cats.htm

My cat had the same flaps on the sides; it’s just fur and dirt that starts to fall off when they change coat for winter/summer. (if you look at the second picture, you can see the fur under the flap is thinner, the “underfluff” is gone)