<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9201541/metro.co.uk/2016/06/30/meet-the-peter-pan-cats-wholl-forever-look-like-kittens-no-matter-how-old-the" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 57px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now you can have a cat that will always look like a little kitten even after it grows up. Difficulty: you will have to move to the desert to take pics to post on Caturday.</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the Metro (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/30/meet-the-peter-pan-cats-wholl-forever-look-like-kittens-no-matter-how-old-they-get-5976677/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link">http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/30/meet-the-peter-pan-cats-wholl-forever-look-like-kittens-no-matter-how-old-they-get-5976677/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Meet the Peter Pan cats who’ll forever look like kittens no matter how old they get</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Attention, kitten lovers: There are real cats that will forever look like kittens no matter how much they age. </strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The only downfall? Unless you fancy moving to the desert, you’ll never meet one.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sand Cats look a lot like the average feline, except they’re a lot cuter, smaller and never lose their kitten-like features.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Native to desert areas in North Africa, the cats have soft, dense fur which comes is pale sandy brown to light grey in colour.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They have long, dense hairs covering their feet to stop their paws burning from the hot sands and a thick coat which insulates them from the intense heat of the desert.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span>And though they look innocent, they’re much feistier than your average cat – and have a reputation for being snake hunters, vipers in particular, which they stun with blows to the head before biting their necks to kill them.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span>They can, however, relate to the typical house cat when it comes to sleep. As a nocturnal animal, they spend their days hidden beneath shrubs to sleep and avoid the heat, before taking up their lookout position at night, ready to hunt.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span>Much like domestic cats, they growl, spit, hiss and purr – and are hot on grooming.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span>But, while absolutely adorable, full of character and being able to carry their own, they are sadly a rare breed. They are collected for the illegal pet trade in the Middle East and are trapped and caught to be shot for ‘sport’ – making them a seriously threatened species.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">--------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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