# This cat is ugly -- no, make that OHMIGAWD UGLY!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799 "2009-02-28T16:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/1 "2009-02-28T16:18:53Z")
And yet, beneath that hideous exterior lies a mild-mannered, laidback, amiable lovebug, it appears. [The story:](http://www.wmtw.com/family/18814224/detail.html) > [@](#): > > The cat’s full name is Ugly Bat Boy. He’s bald in most places except for flowing fur on his chest, and he spends his days on a warm computer at Exeter Veterinary Hospital, reported WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H. Bat Boy has become something of a local star. You have to see him to believe him. I thought all-over hairless cats were bizarre-looking, but this guy has them all beat hollow. There’s a neat little video clip on the page of Bat Boy in his happy home. And happy it is: > [@](#): > > He has the run of the place and all the attention he can handle. > > “He likes it here,” Bassett said. “He’s comfortable. He likes the people petting him. So, he enjoys it.” I promise you, your reaction spectrum should run something like this: 😕 :eek: 😃 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/2 "2009-02-28T16:26:34Z")
Good lord. That \*\*is \*\*one ugly cat. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/3 "2009-02-28T16:32:07Z")
Yep. That cat’s ugly. But knowing he has a happy place to be loved makes me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/4 "2009-02-28T16:39:58Z")
Thats a cat? Looks like his mom mated with Gollum or a gremlin. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/5 "2009-02-28T16:59:10Z")
Honestly? In all seriousness, I don’t really think that cat is all that ugly. The fur looks kind of ick, but I think that’s just on account of the color. I think it could possibly be groomed into a neater mane though, were the owner so inclined. Other than that, he just looks like a bald cat. He’s got that awkward, hapless quality common to pretty much all hairless breeds of animals normally born with fur. I’ve seen plenty of cats that I would consider uglier, including some pedigreed breeds. Persian cats have that mashed-in face, for example. Who thought that was attractive? “Magnificent! This cat has beautiful silky fur, AND its face looks like it was smashed into a wall! At last, the cat fancier’s goal of breeding a cat with a collapsed skull has been achieved!” ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/6 "2009-02-28T17:01:25Z")
Wow, I bet he does get a lot of love! How could you NOT love a cat that funky-looking? He’s totally weird and great. I bet Salvador Dali would have owned a cat like that if he could have. And he would have put a little black beret on him and walked him down the street on a rhinestone-studded leash. 🆒 I need sleep I think. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/7 "2009-02-28T17:21:19Z")
Yeah, that is one ugleeeeeee cat. But I would so totally fuss over him. I’ve never seen a cat that looked like that, ever. In that pic he looks like he’s saying, “Yeah, I’m ugly, so what?” I like that attitude. ETA: If he had no fur at all, he’s just be odd-looking. But that mane-looking thing is just awful. I want to brush it for him! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/8 "2009-02-28T17:26:52Z")
:eek:EEEK!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/9 "2009-02-28T17:42:44Z")
Now you know what cats look like under all that cute fuzz. They are not to be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/10 "2009-02-28T17:51:13Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Honestly? In all seriousness, I don’t really think that cat is all that ugly. > > The fur looks kind of ick, but I think that’s just on account of the color. I think it could possibly be groomed into a neater mane though, were the owner so inclined. Other than that, he just looks like a bald cat. He’s got that awkward, hapless quality common to pretty much all hairless breeds of animals normally born with fur. > > I’ve seen plenty of cats that I would consider uglier, including some pedigreed breeds. Persian cats have that mashed-in face, for example. Who thought that was attractive? > > “Magnificent! This cat has beautiful silky fur, AND its face looks like it was smashed into a wall! At last, the cat fancier’s goal of breeding a cat with a collapsed skull has been achieved!” Well, I have to say that waking up in the morning to find Bat Boy on my chest, staring into my eyes, would have a high degree of likelihood of freaking me out, but I see your point. Agreed, though, that the modern Persian face is horrifying – and to me, the modern Oriental Shorthair/Siamese face is equally horrifying in the other direction. Bring back the appleheads! **Creaky** , here – let me tuck you in, and here’s a lovely stuffed (un)plush kitty to snuggle with. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/11 "2009-02-28T17:56:03Z")
**EddyTeddyFreddy** , I have an apple-head blue-point Siamese. They’re out there. I’m at work so I can’t link to a picture because they won’t let me into the site where I have it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/12 "2009-02-28T18:16:59Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > **EddyTeddyFreddy** , I have an apple-head blue-point Siamese. They’re out there. > > I’m at work so I can’t link to a picture because they won’t let me into the site where I have it. A Googling of “applehead Siamese” brings up flocks of sites and pictures of those utterly gorgeous cats. Of course, the show ring spits on them, just as it spits on Persian cats with traditional heads. If you want to see just how horribly misshapen the modern Persian is, go [here](http://www.breeds.traditionalcats.com/BreedInfo/FAQTPersian/FAQTPersian.html) and scroll down to the comparison of a traditional and modern Persian cat skull. My little old lady [Sophie](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2933911950000735275Wfuwyi), a stray I took in, is what Persians used to look like before they were distorted into monstrosities. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/13 "2009-02-28T18:20:14Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Well, I have to say that waking up in the morning to find Bat Boy on my chest, staring into my eyes, would have a high degree of likelihood of freaking me out, but I see your point. Oh I’d have the same reaction, but it’d be the same with any cat, because when they do that they are trying to steal your soul. Also, I don’t own a cat, so what the fuck is one doing on my chest? In fact I once woke up in that exact situation. A couple years ago my apartment complex was going through a prolific stray cat phase, and one of them kept teleporting into my apartment. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how he was doing it at first; I thought he must have been hiding outside the door and sneaking in lightning-quick when I came home. Eventually he decided to advance the relationship to sleeping companionship, which was the final straw. I chucked him into the bathroom with the intention of killing him in the morning, but then he scratched on the door so much that I had to let him out just to get any sleep. Not that I did anyway, spending the rest of the night in dread anticipation of a disgusting flea-bitten stray cat beaming in and snuggling up against me again. Having read **Pet Sematary** , all this was profoundly unsettling to me. At last I figured out that the little bastard was getting into my apartment by climbing under the building, and slithering up through the gap in the woodwork around the kitchen plumbing. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/14 "2009-02-28T18:21:44Z")
I don’t think he’s necessarily _ugly_; maybe just _unusual_ to the point of surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/15 "2009-02-28T18:57:59Z")
That’s a face only a mother could lick. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/16 "2009-02-28T19:14:06Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > A Googling of “applehead Siamese” brings up flocks of sites and pictures of those utterly gorgeous cats. Of course, the show ring spits on them, just as it spits on Persian cats with traditional heads. I am in full agreement with you concerning both Siamese and Persian cats. I think the breeders have gone waaaaaaay too far with both. At least I don’t worry about whether the show Meezers can breathe and eat, though. Poor Persians. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/17 "2009-02-28T19:56:36Z")
Bat Boy, allow me to introduce you to Sam, the [ugliest dog in the world](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee56/chikapappi/SamUgliestDogLulu.jpg). [Here’s another one of Sam.](http://www.funnyreign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/worlds-ugliest-dog.jpg) Bat Boy isn’t even in the same league. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/18 "2009-02-28T21:23:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Bat Boy, allow me to introduce you to Sam, the [ugliest dog in the world](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee56/chikapappi/SamUgliestDogLulu.jpg). > > [Here’s another one of Sam.](http://www.funnyreign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/worlds-ugliest-dog.jpg) > > Bat Boy isn’t even in the same league. Oh my god. That is _terrifying_. ---
**Author:** ![AngryIrishLass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@AngryIrishLass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngryIrishLass)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/19 "2009-02-28T21:32:46Z")
Sam looks like a gremlin. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/20 "2009-02-28T21:36:22Z")
I watched a Criss Angel special (I know I know) once. It was a Halloween special, and he had Sam on as a “Demon Cat” and they kept dubbing his barks with this horrible fake “Cat Screech”. Also, I think ugly cat ain’t so ugly. If his mane were a different colour as mentioned, and properly groomed, he’d be quite striking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799.md?page=2)