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We are alright Cashy it is a recognised breed...and anyway do you think I would be bothered :D...not a lot!

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Ha ha Cashy I had thought of that possibility before posting and nearly looked it up but then thought why bother. However I have now googled it just out of interest and here goes with the origin of the name:

The name 'Maine' comes form the North eastern American State where the breed is thought to have originated. The 'Coon' bit is a little more difficult. The original cats tended to be brown tabbies, with very dark back and a long flowing tail, rather like a raccoon, and long ago,people thought that they must have evolved from matings between domestic cats and raccoons. Of course we now know that this is genetically impossible, but this may have been where the name came from.

But the Maine Coon's pride and joy is his tail. In fact he is often referred to as 'the tail with the cat on the end'. The tail must be at least as long as the body and is especially long so that the cat can wrap it around its body rather like a blanket for extra insulation.

What is a Maine Coon

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My rescued Maine Coon had had to have his tail amputated after getting into a fight with a dog(not while I had him)......but the tail went gangrenous and was amputated very close to his bottom...so he didn't even have a stump of a tail.
He was not friendly...had yellow eyes and a bed temper.
He only started letting himself be petted just before he died.

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You are quite right, we are singing from the same hymn sheet.

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I. Am kinda like Margaret with cats myself ha. Tigger was a semi stray cat in Clayton and is the friendliest cat ever

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That is very sad - more of a Manx Coon!

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yes, Sue......he lookede really strange trying to balance on the pointed coping stones of my back yard wall...he never fell off though.

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Formby
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Continued Wild Flowers

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Continued

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when I was testing my (now broken) HTC sensation I filmed Tigger...

here it is :)

HTC sensation 1080p recording - YouTube

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oh, I want one like that...he is lovely. He can come and stay at mine anytime.

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Just like my Emma.:D

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I read on the Maine Coon site that they don't miaow, but chirrup. I went on to You tube to find a video of said noise and had to stop myself staying on there all afternoon!

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Cracking pictures Frank - but no red squirrels!

Do you want some wildflower names??