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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:59 AM Dec 2021

The Arnold Schwarzenegger of cats




House cat having Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy - a rare condition that causes muscles to grow excessively large

NOTE: Apparently there is no long-term harmful affects of this condition in animals and has been known to occur in other animals/humans

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The Arnold Schwarzenegger of cats (Original Post) packman Dec 2021 OP
Just don't mess with THIS cat Zambero Dec 2021 #1
I don't see any claws. zanana1 Dec 2021 #2
Guess those are just paws Zambero Dec 2021 #3
Wow Deuxcents Dec 2021 #4
We Had One Ripped To Shreds, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #5
Wouldn't want to get a whack from a cat with that condition. Fla Dem Dec 2021 #6

Zambero

(9,990 posts)
1. Just don't mess with THIS cat
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 12:05 PM
Dec 2021

Those gargantuan claws look like lethal weapons, not to mention the turbo-powered muscular force that would power them. Dogs, trespassing cats, and humans beware!

ProfessorGAC

(76,695 posts)
5. We Had One Ripped To Shreds, Too
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 02:15 PM
Dec 2021

But, she was a fairly small cat & had shorthair fur. (Gray tiger)
So it wasn't noticeable except ic she was on my lap.
Every move she made, you feel feel muscles on her muscles.
Only cat we ever had like that, and over the years, we've had at least 10.

Fla Dem

(27,633 posts)
6. Wouldn't want to get a whack from a cat with that condition.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 04:27 PM
Dec 2021

My cat is pretty even tempered, but recently I evidently did something she wasn't happy about and she gave me a good whack on the hand. It hurt like crazy and I ended up with a pretty decent bruise. There was a lot of power behind that punch.

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