Kohana?

[buttercup132]

I was browsing Sphynx pictures in Flickr and saw a post about Kohana's.
Personally they aren't my cup of tea. Apparently they have no hair at all.
They are so shiny and wrinkly!
http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona.html

Can you find the face?
http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona/kohona2.jpg

[aki]

poor little thing!

reminds me of those dried/shrunken apple dolls people used to make!

~Aki :D

[catmandu]

One mans pleasure is another mains disdain.
Personally I think hes cute and hes a Creature Of God and it would be boring if everyone looked the same, wouldnt it!!!

[Catty1]

Is that ....a cat????

I'd love him or her anyway....but the problem is, it encourages more 'experimentation'. Kitty is just a pawn, and victim.... :(

ETA: the kitten pics here look MORE cat-like. I guess it's just the pose of the one above. ETA2 - it's a newborn - or just a few days old! They DO start looking, er, normal after a while!

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona/kohona1.jpg

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona.html

[Catty1]

...almost cute, actually! ;)

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona/kohona9.jpg

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

Is that ....a cat????

I'd love him or her anyway....but the problem is, it encourages more 'experimentation'. Kitty is just a pawn, and victim.... :(

ETA: the kitten pics here look MORE cat-like. I guess it's just the pose of the one above. ETA2 - it's a newborn - or just a few days old! They DO start looking, er, normal after a while!

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona/kohona1.jpg

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona.html


Now this one is pretty, I don't think it looks too much different from a Sphynx but some of the other ones, well lets just say I think is is a "face only a mother could love" and if I was it's mother I would Love it despite it's wrinkledness. I am not so sure I would want to pet something that felt like a candle though :confused:

[RedHedd]

Aww! They look like little alien kitties! :D

[RedHedd]

Aww! They look like little alien kitties! :D

[Laura's Babies]

They would all just have to call me Mommie! I think I would love them to pieces if I had one!

[moosmom]

I never heard of the Kohanas before. They certainly do have more wrinkles than a Sphynx. I'll take my nekkid kids ANYDAY!!

[caffeitina]

I never thought I'd say this about a cat, but that critter is one ugly kitty! I'm sorry...but it looks like it's got a brain for a head :eek: SCARY!! :eek: :eek:

[cassiesmom]

Is that ....a cat????

I thought the same thing!
:confused:

[jennielynn1970]

Aww! They look like little alien kitties! :D

I was thinking the same thing, except NOT with an "awww..." more like "EWWWW..." :o

[mrspunkysmom]

I agree. EWWWWWW!!!!! I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't want to get rounded on.

Genetic manipulation to improve the breed in one thing, but some of these animals are comfortable UNCOMFORTABLE (it should say) to say the least. I don't even like the pushed in faces of the Persian. Poor babies.

Edit: I meant to say that the critters look like they might me uncomfortable, cold, etc. All for a few bucks or some thrills.

JMO

[Catty1]

Hey - there are only 14 of these in the world. And that first pic was not the best choice...it is a kitten just a few days old, and ANY kitten that age has closed eyes and hardly any ears showing. This breed looks like a blob at that age.

I am SO glad I went to the site and saw older ones! Much easier to take.

But - I wonder if the breeders would just stop propagating them...they won't because money talks. :(

[jennielynn1970]

Hey - there are only 14 of these in the world.
But - I wonder if the breeders would just stop propagating them...they won't because money talks. :(

I don't care how many of them there are or aren't in the world. To me they're icky, lol.

It looks like genetic mutation breeding by people who just want to get money for the newest "weird" pet. Normally hair, even the smalled hairs, on a body are for protection.

Unless they were naturally created by God this way, I dunno. It looks like a man made thing. I wonder how they hold up health wise.

[Catty1]

Jenn - I seem to recall that when the Rex cat first made an appearance, it was an 'accident' of nature. But people tried to create more, and obviously succeeded.

This must be another one.... :rolleyes: But it's not the kitty's fault, which is the darn thing about it!

Hmm....at least these ones are waterproof! :D

[jennielynn1970]

They look like naked Shar Pei puppies. And like one other person said, the baby in the first picture, it looks like a brain. It's just freaky. I hope that they are very resilient little creatures, and they don't look as fragile as they seem.

The older ones don't really bother me too much, but the babies... those suckers will be giving me nightmares! Nothing against the poor critters themselves, but darn, whoever made them surely didn't do them a favor.

[jennielynn1970]

.... see the resemblance??



"Where a Sphynx feels like a warm peach, a Kohana feels more like a warm candle."
- Just what I want to cuddle up with at night.

[Catty1]

When I saw the photo at the beginning of this thread (sorry to say this - really bad choice of photo for a first impression!), I was thinking Gollum....

Yoda's complexion was too smooth! lol

[jennielynn1970]

Hmmm.... now I liked Gollum!

Maybe Jabba the Hutt??

Mean Jennie... soooo mean! :o

[buttercup132]

I thought it looked like a brain too:o .
I just don't like all the wrinkles on the face and the shinyness.
I'll stick with my hairless cats.

[moosmom]

I'll stick with my hairless cats.

Me too!!!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

I love all animals, BUT that first picture... I hate to admit it but... I thought OMG, what an ugly creature. IT DOES look like a brain... POOR kitties :(

[caffeitina]

Hmmm.... now I liked Gollum!



"My...Precious...." lol