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)

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umm…. is any one else creeped out by this? whether its wings or dirt is creepy.

Without human intervention, the common and exotic housecat will rapidly go right back through the ‘feral’ cat stage, then into the natural form, designed by it’s ‘Engineer’. Oh yes, that is called ‘Evolution’. (happens fast doesn’t it?). Always a few mutations in everything of course. Chromosomes bumping into chromosomes and such. Given natural odds of ‘Survival’, the mutant genes would be extremely recessive. That explains our world of today. Living, as well as Survival, had gotten way too easy after the industrial revolution. Times they may be a changin’.

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I just had to say something about all of you Discussing arguing or whatever you may call it about this cat with wings. Whether its Real or Fake a mutation or excess Cat Fat who cares it looks kinda kool and who’s to say whats bullshit Half of the news is Bullshit. But you guys seriously should argue about something more important don’t you think?? 1 problem with the world ppl will argue about a cat that they will never actuallly see in their life but won’t fight for a better Country or Life for themselves or others.. Sad

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I would love a cat with wing… That all I have to say, where can I get one? Will they transport one to me from China?? Please??

Yes I noticed that there were two different cats too. What’s up with that? Makes me question the validity of the story as well.

This cat is simply amazing if its really his feature. Having wings for this kind of animal is a rare one. Through the industrial revolution that we are now with lots of industrial machineries, we cannot deny that others ma not believe it anymore.

wow i have a cat but it don’t have wings this realy brings back the spirits job helping keep it helthy.

This is a rare but possible phenomen….i heard about this before….there were cats with “wings” longer than 50 centimeters but those cats were born with them….this phenomen is so old that there are some black white photos of “winged” cats….
the “wings” are skin deformations, mutations…..thats all i know about it, but i know its possible….

I think I have heard it all now - winged cats??? Maybe they have evolved to catch birds easier?

Thank you for the info. I love cats and hearing about them! And wow, a cat with wings!

Cats having wings, now I am waiting for pigs lol

XD you can see the bone in the second pic slightly and i believe the person the world has many discoveries to be made so why not believe???

Hahaha, this is so weird. I dunno what to say!

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With gene manipulation it´s very possible to create wings in a cats back. Whoever interested in reading more ´bout, google “HOX-genes” that conduct the patterning. One can transplant bird´s genes that code the foormation of a wing into a cat and then it´s just up to manipulating the hox-gene expression where will the wings grow.

There are two different cats. In the first two pictures, the person holding the “wings” appears to be a man. Look at the shoes in the first picture, and you will notice they are men’s shoes. So the first two pictures are of the same cat, but that cat is not the Chinese woman’s cat. Her cat is the one in the third picture. It does not appear that the first two pictures are related to the story of the Chinese woman’s cat, although they show cats with wings. The pictures should have been properly captioned to avoid this confusion.