More wonderful photos of Gaia the Black-Footed Cat. She was very eepy and a tad shy/hungry as she did hide in her private area where they feed her for a while.
She has the best Grumpy faces.
But also is just too cute when sleeping sitting up.
If MK1 Smoke is a cat, he would be the Black-footed cat: the smallest yet deadliest cat in the world. Perfectly suits his role as a high-skilled assassin 😾
How people see Tomas Vrbada, the Master of Stealth from Lin Kuei:
Black footed cats, the second smallest cat species in the world, are native only to southern Africa. While standing only 8-10 inches tall, and weighing only 2-5 pounds, it has a hunt success rate of 60%, the highest of all cats, making it the ultimate feline predator.
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The thing that really gets me about Black-Footed Cats is how much they look like regular cats.
Like, most wild cats of domestic cat size have features that make them stand out against the domestic cat. You can look at a Pallas Cat or a Caracal or an Ocelot and go "Ah yes. A cat, but a wild cat. Clearly not Felis Catus."
But a Black-Footed Cat? I bet you someone's taken one of those home accidentally.
Has anyone considered Dream still gets imprisoned by Roderick Burgess. But, stay with me here-
But!
He's trapped in cat form and the cat form he's trapped in is that of a black footed cat. Can you imagine how unhinged Roderick Burgess looks screaming at this
The guards spend the entire 100 years cooing at lil predator Dream like 'why the fuck does ol Burgess have a cute cat trapped in a fishbowl?!?!' "IDK, but he's so cute, I think I might die?!?" 'Oh, look alive, Burgess is back to beg treats from the Lord of Cuteness!'
Dream gets out of his imprisonment and has to learn how to appear human again, because he's so used to just being a fucking cat... yes, by which I mean Hob ends up having to think fast to explain away his new exotic pet that insists on following him absolutely everywhere...