purplecthulhu

I've always been astounded by the range of body sizes that selective breeding has produced in dogs. As I was going to sleep last night I pondered what a similar approach would have done to house cats. Comparing chihuahua and great dane sized dogs to cats, one might guess that cats as small as mice could be hunting vermin in their own holes, while leopard-sized hunters might be dozing in front of our fireplaces.

I mentioned this to purpletigron who raised a very valid objection. Would anybody really want something the size of a leopard with the intellectual challenges of Wong! ?

Consider... WONG WONG WONG... dash over here - crash bang.... WONG WONG WONG... ah a lap! Pounce, pin... WONG WONG... time to wriggle! Writhe bash rip rend....

It would all end in tears.

EDIT: my ignorance of breed spellings corrected. Thanks!

I've always been astounded by the range of body sizes that selective breeding has produced in dogs. As I was going to sleep last night I pondered what a similar approach would have done to house cats. Comparing chihuahua and great dane sized dogs to cats, one might guess that cats as small as mice could be hunting vermin in their own holes, while leopard-sized hunters might be dozing in front of our fireplaces.

I mentioned this to purpletigron who raised a very valid objection. Would anybody really want something the size of a leopard with the intellectual challenges of Wong! ?

Consider... WONG WONG WONG... dash over here - crash bang.... WONG WONG WONG... ah a lap! Pounce, pin... WONG WONG... time to wriggle! Writhe bash rip rend....

It would all end in tears.

EDIT: my ignorance of breed spellings corrected. Thanks!

... I have no idea how much of a spoof this paper is:

Synthesis of Anthropomorphic Molecules: The NanoPutians

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/joceah/2003/68/i23/pdf/jo0349227.pdf?isMac=292419

Anyone care to comment?????

... I have no idea how much of a spoof this paper is:

Synthesis of Anthropomorphic Molecules: The NanoPutians

http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/joceah/2003/68/i23/pdf/jo0349227.pdf?isMac=292419

Anyone care to comment?????