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Has anyone else noticed this? (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 months ago by sneekee_snek_17 to c/cat
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My big, big boy Dusty's fur looks like gills when I do this and I love it.

He's not quite as interested as I am, but that's okay

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[–] MushuChupacabra 71 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course. Those are gills. What you have there is a catfish.

[–] sneekee_snek_17 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Uuuuuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[–] 200ok 15 points 3 months ago

Glub glub, mother fucker!

[–] ummthatguy 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] Yawweee877h444 10 points 3 months ago

MUTATION!!!

[–] chemical_cutthroat 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's from rolls of excess skin, when you pull, the fur stays in the same shape, but the skin beneath flattens. Could be overweight, could just be older loose skin.

[–] sneekee_snek_17 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna have to ask you to lower your voice

[–] jewbacca117 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cats are like 80% loose skin

[–] FuglyDuck 21 points 3 months ago

Cats and many other animals will have loose skin for defensive reasons.

Honebadgers can almost completely turn around even if you have a firm hold on it, making it hard to pin down.

It also provides protection from getting clawed.

[–] HootinNHollerin 8 points 3 months ago

Cooling fins

[–] riodoro1 7 points 3 months ago

My void has whiteish fur closer to the skin so it looks even freakier on him

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Catskills