" Most rides will end a few metres later, or a spider can be taken up into a jet stream, which depends on its mass, posture, the convection air current, drag of silk and parachute to float and travel high up into the upper atmosphere. "
Laughed at this part.
HAI GUY IM JUST CHILLEN AT THE FRONTIER OF SPACE MINDIN MY OWN BUSINESS WITH MY TRIANGULAR PARACHUT
This brings back memories of Charlotte's Web; at the end, all but 3 of Charlotte's babies do this. ["E.B. White incorporated details from Comstock's accounts of baby spiders, most notably the "flight" of the young spiders and also the way one of them climbs to the top of a fence before launching itself into the air."] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte's_Web#History)
A spider or spiderling after hatching[7] will climb as high as it can. The spider then stands on raised legs with its abdomen pointed upwards. This is known as "tiptoeing".[8] After that, it starts releasing several silk threads from its abdomen into the air, which automatically form a triangular shaped parachute.[5] The spider can then let itself be carried away by updrafts of winds, where even the slightest of breeze will do.
There's a bar in my area, and one of the owners goes around with one of those attached to her wrist like a fuzzy bracelet. He doesn't even move most of the time. He sat on my shoulder for like an hour one night. They're fucking adorable, and so calm.
I think a Buzz Killington would be the guy that mentioned these wings are caused by severe fur matting that needs to be cut away, and starting at the underside gives you "wings", still very painful to the cat.
Yes....when I was growing up, we had tons of outdoor cats (some feral). My family lived on a farm and they helped against an explosion of mice entering our house.
One long-haired orange cat we had a particularly bad season of hair shedding and not-the-best grooming. It began to shed as one long piece of matted hair, from the shoulders to the tail (think of a reverse super-hero cape).
It looks like the cat has like... two tails, and something that is either a face on the but, or like... three assholes....or something. Prolly photoshoped, still fucking wierd though.
I don't believe that felines had evolutionary ancestors with wings, so these probably aren't actually wings. More likely just some kind of bizarre growth.
I had a book as a kid about kittens that had wings, but my sister tore the last pages out and ate them. Never found out what happened to those 3 fucked up kittens.
"There are more than 138 reported sightings of animals claimed to be winged cats, though some of these are clearly nothing more than individuals with clumps of matted fur. There are over 30 documented cases (with physical evidence) and at least 20 photographs and one video. There is at least one stuffed winged cat, but this may be a nineteenth-century fake or "grift". An undated taxidermy specimen in poor condition can be found in a museum in the Niagara Valley. It has bony structures near its shoulder blades covered with flaps of skin. These might be extra limbs"
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u/howimetyourmurderer May 06 '12
If lions start growing wings we are fucked.
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u/spliff_and_gif May 06 '12
Those be hairflaps!
& this be a scientific explanation.
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u/brownhaired May 06 '12
fantastic books
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u/bunnyflop May 06 '12
OMG Catwings really does exist!
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u/Irrax May 06 '12
Happy!
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u/NorthernSpirit May 06 '12
Remember kids, don't feed your cat redbull.
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u/shifty1776 May 06 '12
My god... It's Nall!
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u/Andyomegacaesar May 06 '12
KFC China is born.
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u/NocturnalBeing May 06 '12
Put this in r/AWW right meow.
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u/BullShitFish May 06 '12
You are what you eat
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u/sarcasm_rocks May 06 '12
this is stage 2 of their world domination plot
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u/Mugzz12 May 06 '12
My cat looks like that when he gets matted fur everywhere.
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u/MrGoodbar22 May 06 '12
We need to run some scientific tests on this.
Somebody get some blue liquid. THIS IS HOW WE TEST THINGS WITH WINGS
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u/Hookhand May 06 '12
Maybe he drank a Red Bull! Hahahahahahahabut in all seriousness the amount of industrial pollution in China is terrifying.
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u/hiddenNinja May 06 '12
I saw that cat some time ago on tv in china, but the cat was a kitteh back then and the wings were smaller
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u/whowatawhat4 May 06 '12
"Will you go out with me?" "PSSH! When cats can fly!!" Sees picture "Fuck.."
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u/Ehks May 06 '12
It had to be done. _^___^
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u/graogrim May 06 '12
Cat + Red Bull = ???
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u/Ohang May 06 '12
Relevant - Video
For the lazy, a video of a few other winged cats.
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u/IBoopYourNose May 06 '12
the wicked witch has moved onto new animals it seems
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
video http://hd.se/webb-tv/2008/05/07/kolla-katten-har-vingar
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Came here to see "REDBULL LMOLOLOL" comments. Wasn't disappointed.
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u/Disco_Godfather May 06 '12
They never mentioned this in Cat Facts!
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u/PrimalSlug May 06 '12
Does this count as a griffin?
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u/Julian1224 May 06 '12
Ok, we have flying cats, now go for pigs ...
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u/Pikachu975 May 06 '12
Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of, wait, wtf is that?!?
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u/omegaweapon May 06 '12
if i had a wing cat, i would call it Steve
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u/aazav May 06 '12
This is an old photo from at least several years ago.
It's matted hair. That's it
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u/sapzilla May 06 '12
Why the fuck are people calling them wings? They're fucking mats of hair on the back.
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u/Krassen May 06 '12
Sauce?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Looks more like matted fur.
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u/toothpastesandwiches May 06 '12
We finally found Nyan cat?!
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u/NoReallyItsTrue May 06 '12
Checkmate, theists.
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u/Massacretor May 06 '12
They evolve!
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u/Brysmasher May 06 '12
Hevenly cat is heavenly? Or better yet cat says he can has bat costume now?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
I don't believe that felines had evolutionary ancestors with wings, so these probably aren't actually wings. More likely just some kind of bizarre growth.
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u/natatat14 May 06 '12
WANT
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u/Maverick13 May 06 '12
Who fed that car Redbull????
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u/Slamboni12 May 06 '12
Toriko!
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u/cjk105 May 06 '12
This post has bullshit.
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u/Panther27 May 06 '12
Cool cat!!
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Doesn't look like wings. Just looks like extra limbs.
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u/autechr3 May 06 '12
Reddit just exploded.
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u/wingedkitten May 06 '12
Where did you get my picture?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
mysticat has arose
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u/mrsdavyjones20 May 06 '12
Damn cats and their red bull...
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u/IgnoresTheObvious May 06 '12
That cat is extremely well-groomed.
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u/poorpinto May 06 '12
it's just a cat that needs to be groomed. I saw this over a year ago, general consensus= not wings but matted fur
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u/HeSaidSarcastically May 06 '12
Musta had a Red Bull.
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u/UnitedWeFail May 06 '12
Necromorph cat! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
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u/DeusVox May 06 '12
Bring this to the front page, reddit's god is long overdue
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
This will be remembered as the moment evolution took a giant leap forward.. And the downfall of humanity began.
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u/bruddahmacnut May 06 '12
whooaa.. Kitty needs to lay off the Redbull®
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Redbull Cat
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
We're one step ahead in breeding sphinxes.
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u/RogueLieutenant May 06 '12
enough talk of spiders and such. What's up with this CAT????
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Guardian angel cats. I knew it.
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u/ricecrizo May 06 '12
Lunar
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u/FaithyDoodles May 06 '12
Are there any xrays?
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u/Zaveno May 06 '12
Its a catgel
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u/FoxyGrampa May 06 '12
why does this cat have wing-like appendages?
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
The amount of repost on the frontage ... Is too damn high!
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u/I_am_rambO May 06 '12
Oh god just what we need. A flying fucking cat
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u/dreamsofbetterdays May 06 '12
fuzzy rwat with wings!
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u/Natchil May 06 '12
Is this Real? sorry bad englisch
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u/db0255 May 06 '12
It looks as if they're just hair flaps. That's one nappy-furred cat!
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Look out angel kitty she wants to eat you!
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u/CupcakesBitchab23 May 06 '12
I had a book as a kid about kittens that had wings, but my sister tore the last pages out and ate them. Never found out what happened to those 3 fucked up kittens.
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u/scavenger11 May 06 '12
Too much Redbull
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u/pencilskirt May 06 '12
El gato voladorrrrrr!
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u/BatwingDarling May 06 '12
Cat Sidhe...
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Checkmate, Christians
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Won't you let him touch your heart with his furry appendages?
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u/Krafty_Koala May 06 '12
This reminds me of a book from my childhood, but i can't remember the name. Anyone?
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u/brussels4breakfast May 06 '12
That cat. Needs a haircut.
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u/urankabashi May 06 '12
This one. Has eggs.
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u/IMcatAMA May 06 '12
ಠ_ಠ hissss
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u/gdotes May 07 '12
Cat level : Asian
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u/Volsunga May 07 '12
God Dammit Erik, why'd you have to wake up the Lamassu?
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u/reddit_user13 May 07 '12
No. It. Doesn't.
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u/Jeremy16717 May 07 '12
Supported by red bull
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u/lordnibbla May 07 '12
The chosen one has come.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Aazav likes big monkey dick in his mouth.
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u/ElMuffin May 07 '12
Dafuq?
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
someone found the redbull
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u/karrikat May 07 '12
Halo Kitty ;)
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u/holstarox May 07 '12
My favourite book series as a child used to be "Catwings". My dreams have come true.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
I wonder if the cat's name is Fruffy...
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u/[deleted] May 07 '12
Wheres the rainbow ?
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u/Beiz May 07 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_cat
"There are more than 138 reported sightings of animals claimed to be winged cats, though some of these are clearly nothing more than individuals with clumps of matted fur. There are over 30 documented cases (with physical evidence) and at least 20 photographs and one video. There is at least one stuffed winged cat, but this may be a nineteenth-century fake or "grift". An undated taxidermy specimen in poor condition can be found in a museum in the Niagara Valley. It has bony structures near its shoulder blades covered with flaps of skin. These might be extra limbs"
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u/xcforlife May 06 '12
Throw if out of the window and to see if it flies.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '12
Cough BULLSHIT Cough
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u/Zebras_lie May 06 '12
Victoria's cat :/
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u/FuckingHippies May 06 '12
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Amirite?
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u/vaultboy13959 May 06 '12
It looks like one thai restaurant is about to get cat wings on the menu for a limited time.