/an/ I was thinking of getting a new cat. How does the "Turkish Van" breed sound?"The coloration of the Turkish Van, which is considered by many to be the original breed to carry the piebald gene, calls for a white, semi-longhaired cat with colored markings restricted primarily to the head and tail. Other piebald cats that have been selectively bred for many generations to achieve similar markings are said to be van-patterned after the breed that originally sported it. The coat lacks an undercoat and has a very unique cashmere-like texture that makes it water-resistant. This brings us to another interesting feature of this breed - they love water and in their native region they have been termed "the Swimming Cats.""
FUCK YEAH! Then you can teach them to fetch.
kitty loev water
Next best thing to a fishing cat in terms of cats accepting water.
I've always wanted one of these guys. But I hear they love water so much they'll swim in any bit of it.Including toilets, dirty standing water, etc.
>>228132Weird that land mammals should have a gene for wanting to swim. I wonder how many people have that gene?
>>228134facepalm
I'm going to live in Turkey very soon, might as well pick up one of these, my house is quite near Van anyways.
>>228359you mean turkey annexed kurdistan already?
THE VAN REGION IS TRADITIONALLY A PART OF ARMENIA, AND WAS ONLY ANNEXED TO TURKEY AFTER THEIR GENOCIDE OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE!!!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide#Events_at_Van.2C_April_1915