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...well, it caught me at my grandmother's place, sadly I can't take him home with me.

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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

chartreuxeseses are so pretty

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Looks to me more like a Russian Blue. Chartreux cats have a shorter snout.

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[–] lordziv@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Omg thank you! I've always loved these grey, fluffy cats but I never knew the species name!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Every cat this color is named Dusty or Smoky.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

This guy might've become Greasy if he managed to get under that hearse; Kovu is his name though, since my grandma's had other cats named after Lion King characters, and I thought she'd like keeping the motif going.

[–] Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nuh uh, mine's named Misty!

... Her mom is Smoky tho lol

[–] SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mine is named Misty too and she is a gray cat as well lol I guess I'm not very imaginative

[–] Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That was my wife's call on the name lol I just call her Peaches because she's the sweetest kitty ever.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Damn you got me..in a way.

Mine is named Kyphi, ancient Egyptian for smoke/incense.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

We went with "Grayson" :)

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Greycat is the name my family used.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nope! Eugenia reporting in.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mine are Mochi and Boba

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My friend's cat is that color is named "Ishta".

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some cats go outside. This is a very healthy looking cat, so I'm sure it has a home. Don't steal cats.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Every outside cat turned into an inside cat is a good thing. Cats are invasive and annihilate local ecosystems.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup! The lovely little goofballs love to murder things for fun.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe that's why they got along with humans.

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Invasive outside of Africa and Eurasia yes, but housecats and African/Eurasian wildcats aren't separate species.

Considering their username ends with UK I'm going to assume they're from the UK where cats have been around longer than humans. As long as they're neutered to avoid feral colonies cats are fine outside here.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

housecats and African/Eurasian wildcats aren’t separate species.

They absolutely are, I’m not really sure what you’re talking about. Domestic cat: Felis catus, European wildcat: F. silvestris, and African wildcat: F. lybica. Hybridization with pets risks their genetic diversity, outcompetition, and disease transmission: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60354712/50652361#threats

the UK where cats have been around longer than humans

Cats entered the UK around the same time humans did, via Doggerland during the Holocene. It should also be noted again that this is the European wildcat (specifically the Scottish wildcat subspecies), not domesticated cats, which descend from African wildcats. Domesticated cats only reached Europe a couple of thousand years ago. Their population density in comparison to wildcats and the advantage they have in access to human spaces and wild spaces means they reproduce more, which is part of why the Scottish wildcat is critically endangered.

It’s fine to have cats, it’s not fine to just invent facts about how they don’t actually harm the environment.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Cats entered the UK around the same time humans did, via Doggerland

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't laughed out loud to a comment in quite a long time, thank you friend.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Now that's a theme park!

[–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My kid once calculated the percentage of birds killed by cats and it was something insane like 0.0007%. Shame I can't find the calculion anymore.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That focuses on predation without examining the threat to native wildcats through hybridization, territorial competition, and disease transmission from domestic cats, which the IUCN cites as risks to wildcat species. If no outdoor cat ever killed another prey animal again, that still wouldn’t solve the threats they pose to wildcat species.

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[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wrong country.

PS try humans in the annihilation department. Wayyyyyy worse.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's why I don't go outside either /s

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, every outside human should be given a home too.

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. Too many extinctions.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

No collar or chip; i've asked the neighbors and checked for missing pet posts online, but nothing came up for this guy.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Post it on Facebook. I know it's Of the Devil (tm) but I found a cat a few weeks ago, posted him on the local group and I'd found the owner in less than a day.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kovu

Like from Lion King 2?

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that what it comes from? A friend of mine has a car with that name, and I thought it sounded interesting but never knew what it was from.

I've also never seen LK2.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, my kids are obsessed with it. It's... not great.

[–] catbum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But have they seen The Lion King 3???

Jk, I'm always reminded of the Mandela effect when I hear about LK2, even being well aware of LK 1 1/2 lol. Where did LK3 go?!?!

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No, but I'm very familiar with the mid-quel tv series, Lion Guard. It was my 6-year-old daughter's first real info dump. She'll go on about the lore for an hour, explaining about Scar's return, the Roar, and why Kion doesn't show up in Lion King 2.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey OP my family recently lost our cat and this looks A LOT like like him. You didn't happen to find him in West Virginia in the US did you??

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

cat on a herse!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cats that like to chill on car roofs are a different breed. Of all the cats I've had, only one was a car roof cat, and he was by far our biggest badass. I guess the rest of the cats know that only the boss is allowed to be that high.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago
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