this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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EDIT: Changed the pic to the one from Wikipedia as we suspected the original one as AI.

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

More on the breed (it was developed in the U.S. in the 80s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_Rex

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 21 points 2 months ago

It does represent a lot of 80s hair.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My god. When I see this majestic cat, I feel compelled to lay offerings at its paws.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

By its name, that's absolutely what you should do.

All bow to the king.

[–] oleorun@lemmy.fan 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At first glance I thought the headline read "Skrillex Cat"

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I thought a pickleball paddle company made a cat

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Bro looks like the surface of the sun.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

He's the center of someone's universe

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Magnetic field lines kitty

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

Hairdresser’s cat got into the perm stuff again

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

This is the most glam rock cat I've ever seen.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Lil bud looks like they just took the best nap of their life

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

How much time do they spend every morning with the curling iron?

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

strong touched a live wire vibe.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, sure that article exists but that's an AI generated picture. That fan is all sorts of messed up.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It could be... or a broken fan? I'll be happy to look for a better pic...

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

This is Arnold’s cousin in cat form

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Oops, all undercoat

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I (too briefly) had a rescue cat, who most closely resembled a main coon, but her belly fur was all curly like this. Never seen anything like it before or since.