Bizarre Clip Shows A Collection Of Kitties Appearing To Have Human Faces

May 28, 2020 by apost team

Tatyana Rastorgueva, 45, has been breeding cats since 2002. She runs the Instagram account @catsvill_county and regularly takes videos of her collection of cats that have surprisingly human-like faces.

No, these are not edited nor photoshopped nor otherwise altered.

These kittens are the result of selective breeding. The "mad scientist" behind this unusual project is Tatyana Rastorgueva. She began breeding cats 18 years ago in 2002. She's in her forties and is a "Felinologist." We are guessing that's a fancy pants word for "cat lover" or maybe "cat expert."

These kittens are all the offspring of a pair of Maine coons named Vatican and Lucien. If they spoke human, Vatican is the half of the couple these kittens would call "dad" and Lucien is the half they would call "mom." By now, these kittens would be all grown up. This video dates to October 1, 2019.

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The breeder has actually said that sometimes people say "...they look human and sometimes they say they look like werewolves.” So it's unclear if she is intentionally shooting for human-like faces. One thing is certain, these kittens look an awful lot like intelligent aliens from various movies. They look somewhat human around the eyes and nose, but the mouth still looks very much feline.

You can just imagine them being an alien senator in Star Wars or part of some claymation movie of the past. It's easy to imagine them opening their mouths and actually speaking a human language, though it's extremely unlikely that they have the required physiology to learn a human language.

Even chimps don't really have that and they are much closer to a human morphology than any cat.

This is why chimps get taught sign language in experiments instead of vocalized languages: They have the brainpower to communicate with humans to a limited degree, but simply cannot pronounce any of our languages because of the shape of their mouths, vocal cords and so forth.

It also has a The Island of Dr. Moreau vibe. It makes you think that this is what his early experiment must have looked like. Let's hope this experiment doesn't go quite that far. Of course, it's unlikely to go anywhere near that far.

One might also wonder: "Why Maine Coons in specific?" Perhaps the answer to that is they are unusual cats –– so unusual they have a longstanding place in cat shows. They are also an unusually large, sociable, and intelligent domestic breed of cats native to the U.S. So they also get called "gentle giants."

Their sheer size may make it easier to try to shape their faces in a particular direction. More material to work with, so to speak, probably makes it easier to "sculpt" their faces.

If you know people who think cats are adorable or who just enjoy the strangeness of the world, take a minute to pass this along. It's a thought-provoking little video that may foster intelligent conversation for weeks to come. Or just juvenile humor, depending upon what your cup of tea happens to be. We won't judge.

What do you think? Are they creepy or cute? Let us know your opinion in the comments and be sure to get thoughts from your loved ones.