Meet the world’s largest cat
A Maine Coone from Stary Oskol in eastern Russia is thought to be the world’s largest kitten at just under two years old. There could be years ahead of him before he stops growing, according to the New York Post.
The cat’s owner Yulia Minina bought the alabaster tomcat named Kefir, after the creamy cultured milk drink, two years and many kilos ago.
“But when strangers come to the house, everyone first confuses him with a dog,” she added.
In fact, Kefir weighs more than the average toddler. “I could not even think that an ordinary baby can become so big,” joked Minina.
“He not only grew up big in appearance, he is also very smart and always behaves calmly,” she boasted.
For all the care he requires, Minina speaks about Kefir as if he were her own son: “The look is generally like that of a person, and Kefir has a formidable appearance, but he is a very affectionate and modest child,” she said.
When friends and acquaintances come to the house, all the attention is on him and he willingly allows himself to be stroked.”
The Maine Coon breed hails from the state of Maine from regarded as one of the oldest homegrown breeds in North America.
In the early days they were prized for their hunting skills, and since nicknamed “the gentle giant,” as they’ve taken primarily indoors as a highly regarded house cat, and even described as having friendly and playful, “doglike” personalities.
Minina added that the images of her cradling her overgrown cat are evidence of his extraordinary stature as she promised, “I don’t use Photoshop.”
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