Originally posted by Schadenfreude
zidane is a seal point.
the one you like is a flame point, but it gets complicated because in a certain light he has both stripes and spots. In normal light he is pure white with only the predominant orange points showing.
In the sun he has wild animal patterns.
a point is not a breed, it is the colour of ears,_nose, feet, tail.
hmmm. either way, he rules. dude, what do you know about Caracals?
From what I've read, they actually make good pets if you can get your hands on one, and aren't as mean as they look.
Jul-20-2010 06:57
Schadenfreude
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to be honest, i do not know much about them at all. They look awesome, and if i had to comapre it to a big cat, i would say it has a lot of the same features as a lynx.
obviously some kind of domesticated short hair version, but i will actually look more into tomorrow as i am curious.
Jul-20-2010 07:01
Sushipunk
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quote:
Originally posted by The17sss
hmmm. either way, he rules. dude, what do you know about Caracals?
From what I've read, they actually make good pets if you can get your hands on one, and aren't as mean as they look.
Absolutely beautiful. But look at it's size, and tell me you'd feel ok with keeping something like that trapped indoors. That thing needs to RUN and have space
Edit: And to hunt small children.
Jul-20-2010 07:08
Lilith
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They're easily domesticated (compared with a Serval!) like a normal cat if you get a kitten, people used to keep them as pets all through Africa from pretty much north boarder of SA all the way up to around Ethiopia. Sadly they also get considered a pest kind of like a fox is regarded, because they annihilate chickens, I've only seen them in the wild and he didn't get my chickens because there was a family of Servals in the way that had their territory he wasn't keen to cross.
Extremely territorial, if you where to let it run around outside, he'll basically kill and beat the crap out every other cat, stupid dogs, bird and small furry animal within about a 2km radius from your house. They're also probably smarter than most of their owners.
Jul-20-2010 07:18
Intellekshual
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quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Absolutely beautiful. But look at it's size, and tell me you'd feel ok with keeping something like that trapped indoors. That thing needs to RUN and have space
I would feel abominably guilty keeping such an animal indoors. Shit, I got grounded for a month because I set our super expensive parrot free when I was little.
Unless I had a gigantic home + backyard or even a farm, I would not want to own an animal like that.
Jul-20-2010 07:22
bas
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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Extremely territorial, if you where to let it run around outside, he'll basically kill and beat the crap out every other cat, stupid dogs, bird and small furry animal within about a 2km radius from your house. They're also probably smarter than most of their owners.
And children, don't forget the children! Where can one acquire one of these child-hunters? I'm assuming they grow big enough to ride?
Jul-20-2010 07:27
Lilith
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Nope, sadly they only grow to around a mid-small sized cocker spaniel. But they're probably quite capable of taking down kids and mauling the living crap out of slow, fat adults and stupid people.
What you want is a bengal tiger or a lion!
Jul-20-2010 07:33
bas
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Surely they grow big enough to outfit in some kind of armor forged by the gods? Give me something to work with here, these are sounding pretty terrible.
Jul-20-2010 07:38
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what you need is nou. not only can you ride him, but his scent makes up for his lack of savagery. I don't know if he eats kids or not, but given the chance i'm sure that he would put his mouth on one.
Jul-20-2010 07:42
Lilith
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quote:
Originally posted by bas
Surely they grow big enough to outfit in some kind of armor forged by the gods? Give me something to work with here, these are sounding pretty terrible.
Start colouring
1. Tahiti Brown
Jul-20-2010 07:44
The17sss
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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
They're easily domesticated (compared with a Serval!) like a normal cat if you get a kitten, people used to keep them as pets all through Africa from pretty much north boarder of SA all the way up to around Ethiopia. Sadly they also get considered a pest kind of like a fox is regarded, because they annihilate chickens, I've only seen them in the wild and he didn't get my chickens because there was a family of Servals in the way that had their territory he wasn't keen to cross.
Extremely territorial, if you where to let it run around outside, he'll basically kill and beat the crap out every other cat, stupid dogs, bird and small furry animal within about a 2km radius from your house. They're also probably smarter than most of their owners.
Yeah that's what i heard... i watched a few videos of people with domesticated ones too. Crazy. They seem awesome but i would bet people would be too intimidated to come inside my house with one. Plus even if i got one as a kitten, once it grew my little female cat would be terrified. I'd be afraid of coming home one day only to find a ball of fur where she used to be. I wonder- would they be ok around smaller cats if properly domesticated and socialized from birth?