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Friday July 18, 2008
Cat or Bear?
My young nephew Daniel has a debate going with his father, my brother Pete. Daniel's favorite toy is "Purpley", a stuffed animal. The controversy is over whether this stuffy is a bear or a cat? From the front, Purpley seems to be a bear but on the back, he has a very cat-like tail. Daniel was very interested in seeing photos on this blog and agreed to pose with Purpley for photos to put this important family matter to a vote.
What do you think? Is Purpley a bear or a cat? Comments are welcome.
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Posted at 12:18PM Jul 18, 2008 by katysblog in Home & Family | Comments[7]
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The spot over his left eye seems Cat-like. My first instinct is to say Cat. However, he has several stereotypical teddy-bear features.
Thus, it seems likely to me that Purpley is, in fact, a bear-cat hybrid. Either 'Bat' or 'Care' would be appropriate.
Posted by Owen Allen on July 18, 2008 at 12:38 PM PDT #
Obviously, it is a bearcat.
We had a teddy bear with big ears that we called the big-eared bear. One day, I read the tag, which said "Lafayette Mouse". So it became the mousebear.
Posted by Walter Underwood on July 18, 2008 at 01:37 PM PDT #
I think Purpley is his own person and his own species!
Posted by Jessi on July 18, 2008 at 10:57 PM PDT #
July 19,2008 Me and my brother Daniel (he owns purpley) thinks purpley is a cat.
Posted by Lynda Thuy on July 19, 2008 at 07:39 AM PDT #
Whatever he is, he looks totally cuddly! I wish I had one of these.
Posted by melanie gao on July 20, 2008 at 06:49 PM PDT #
Ursine characteristics included rounded ears, not pointed (Daniel protests that he has chewed down the ears somemaking making postive id more difficult), stubby body and back legs, upright posture.
On the other hand, the elongated tail raises questions - perhaps some inbreding is involved. . . .
Webster says: bear - large heavy mammals having long shaggy hair, rudimentary tail and plantigrade feet.
cat - a carnivorous mammal long domesticated and kept by man as a pet or for catching rates and mice.
no bearcats. Sorry Cincinnati fans
Posted by Peter Dickinson on July 24, 2008 at 01:09 PM PDT #
Maybe Purplely is a Binturong (Arctictis binturong), also called a Bearcat. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binturong
which grew up purple?
Posted by Katy Dickinson on July 24, 2008 at 03:49 PM PDT #