# Massive Italian Cat- looks fake to me! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025 "2008-04-12T13:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/1 "2008-04-12T13:06:09Z")
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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/2 "2008-04-12T13:09:01Z")
I’ve seen that pic before, it’s a great fake. I’ll try and dig up a cite. Snopes only has the usual [huge cat](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp) pics. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/3 "2008-04-12T19:15:34Z")
Why fake? It’s not all that long, it’s just hugely fat and all stretched out. It’s a small woman with big cat. [This cat is real and makes it look tiny.](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp) [This cat is even fatter and is real.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eLIMc4khe0) [More obese cats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq3Lx2odOHw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/4 "2008-04-12T19:24:22Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] > **[Ananova News](https://ananova.com/news)** > > Visit the post for more. What do you all think? If it is real, can it walk? [/QUOTE] how - lee - _crap_ It wants solo and the wookie brought. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/5 "2008-04-12T23:02:54Z")
My [cat](http://www.no-clutter.com/gallery/albums/cats5/921-1163919784-1162679538434_b.jpg) is fat So now I’ll dine And eat all up This [cat](http://www.monmouth.com/~colonel/music/fat.png) of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/6 "2008-04-12T23:20:26Z")
It looks fake to me. The woman’ hands are huge compared to her head. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/7 "2008-04-13T01:44:51Z")
It just doesn’t look right to me. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/8 "2008-04-13T02:14:08Z")
I don’t get why people are questioning this picture. The cat is not that long, and there are much fatter cats out there. It’s a large, obese stretched out cat being held by a short woman, and the pic was taken with a lens that has a slight fisheye effect that magnify close up objects. (See how large her fists are on his belly relative to her body) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/9 "2008-04-13T02:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] My [cat](http://www.no-clutter.com/gallery/albums/cats5/921-1163919784-1162679538434_b.jpg) is fat So now I’ll dine And eat all up This [cat](http://www.monmouth.com/~colonel/music/fat.png) of mine. [/QUOTE] Ah, the great Kliban! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/10 "2008-04-13T04:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=astro] I don’t get why people are questioning this picture. The cat is not that long, and there are much fatter cats out there. It’s a large, obese stretched out cat being held by a short woman, and the pic was taken with a lens that has a slight fisheye effect that magnify close up objects. (See how large her fists are on his belly relative to her body) [/QUOTE] But couldn’t the large hands be indicative of photoshopping or a forced perspective shot? I don’t know whether or not it’s real, I have personally seen some really large cats so it could be real. What I find interesting is the cat’s face really does look like Garfield’s. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-italian-cat-looks-fake-to-me/445025/11 "2008-04-13T14:13:00Z")
I once had a 27-pounder, and this one looks like it really could be 30% larger. It doesn’t look Photoshopped, but it does look like it was taken up-close, making the belly (and her hand) appear to be larger. Of course, when I first looked at the photo, all I could think of was: :eek: _ **OH NO-O-O-O-O-O! MAN HANDS!!!** _