In life, cats can be said to be animals everywhere. But there is a kind of cat, their head, beard and ears are exactly the same as cats, the only difference is that they have a pair of "wings" on their backs, academics call it "wing cat", folk called pterodactyl cat, bat cat, flying cat, angel cat. In China, it is said to be the mascot of good luck, known as the "proof of auspiciousness", and is the "beast of auspiciousness".
According to the Tokyo Daily, a writer named Tomitaro Yamaguchi saw a mummy of a "winged cat" on a tour, and the locals listed it for 210,000 yen, and he thought the mummy was too scary and expensive, so he did not buy it.
01 There are many "wing cats" in Japan, which can fly in the air and make a tiger-like call
In fact, there have been a number of "wing cats" in Japan. Since the 19th century, there have been many eyewitness reports of "wing cats" in Japan. Many people claim to have witnessed "wing cats", and some people claim to have "wing cats".
In 1876, according to the Tokyo Nikkei Shimbun, the British artist Ikastsky came to Japan to perform, and he took a "wing cat" to show the tokyo citizens at Shinjuku Daizongji Temple in Tokyo, but after the performance, Ikastsky accidentally left the "wing cat" in the town, and the "wing cat" disappeared ever since.
It is also the world's earliest record of "wing cats".
Eight years later, in 1884, in the town of Hebei in Momoi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, someone once again captured a "winged cat", which is said to have a pair of long wings, can fly freely in the air, and can make a "howling" sound like a tiger at night.
02 "Wing cats" also appear in the United Kingdom, which are said to fly at a speed of 30 km / h
Shortly thereafter, news of the appearance of "wing cats" also came out in the United Kingdom.
In 1900, in Leeds, Westnuk, England, someone had a "winged cat", with dark wings, all 60 centimeters long, and would flapp its wings like a chicken, but this guy could not fly.
In 1905, an astronomical magazine in Verusson reported that students at the English schools of Nuoweruzi and Burton Sahirut were circling over the playground while recessing classes in the playground. After careful observation, the students and the teacher agreed that it was a cat flying in the air, flying at a speed of 30 km/h.
In June 1933, The Daily Mirror reported the news that "a winged black cat can fly". Allegedly, a big aunt who lives in the city of Samas found a strange cat hidden in her family's horse pen, with a pair of wings growing from its shoulders, and when the cat was frightened, it flew from the ground to the beam like a bird.
In 1975, near Manchester, England, a "winged cat" was captured. It is said that this cat grows a pair of wings more than 20 centimeters long from behind its shoulders and can move up and down.
03 American boys said that they caught a "wing cat", and Russian villagers put the "wing cat" into sacks and threw it into a pond and drowned alive
Cats have "wings", and in addition to Japan and the United Kingdom, there are reports of "wing cats" around the world.
In 1959, a boy in West Virginia captured a winged cat. According to his description, the "wing cat" was 75 centimeters long, the wings were about 23 centimeters long, and its wings also had cartilage-like things inside.
In June 1966, in the village of Afred, Ontario, Canada, a fruit merchant witnessed a "winged cat" gliding through the air while roaring. He hurriedly chased up, and the "wing cat" suddenly fell from the sky to the yard, picked up the chickens and ducks and scurried around, then jumped up and spread its wings, glided for more than 20 meters and escaped.
In 2004, in a village in Kursk, central Russia, villagers took a cat into her yard and took it in, and a few days later her daughter found that the cat had wings and flapped like a chicken. Everyone thought it was ominous, put it in a sack, threw it into a pond and drowned alive.
"Wing cats" are relatively rare in China, and have only appeared in Chongqing and other places. In May 2009, a 1-year-old stray cat suddenly grew a pair of palm-sized "wings" at Yuqing Temple in Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, which looked more like two ears, full of fine hairs, and soft when pinched. However, this "wing cat" has soft wings and cannot fly.
04 "Wing cat" does not exist at all, it may be a mutated cat, or it may be regarded as a "wing cat"
There have been some reports of "winged cat" sightings around the world, but there is still a lot of controversy about whether this animal really exists.
A British historian believes that this so-called "wing cat" is actually just a very ordinary cat, but after being caught by some malicious people, they sewed a pair of false wings. His reasoning was that in the 19th century, there were such cats in the Circus in England, which were forced to sew wings.
Some Japanese zoologists also pointed out that the "wing cat" in people's eyes does not exist at all, it is likely to be a mutated cat, it may be a cat with a tumor on the back, or the cat's body due to some external force, the bone deformation, looks like a pair of wings.
Some scientists also said that the wings of the "wing cat" are likely to be due to environmental pollution caused by changes in the cat's genes, which makes the cat have physiological defects before it finally becomes like this.
American medical experts believe that it is mainly because cats suffer from a strange disease called "cat skin weakness", and the skin in the shoulder or back and buttocks will have abnormal elasticity and flexibility, so it can move.
Some scientists believe that although "winged cats" have a pair of wings, they cannot fly and do not have the ability to fly. People say that they can fly in the sky, and it is likely that similar animals such as squirrels are regarded as "wing cats".
05 Conclusion
Species that did not exist in the world were deliberately "created" by some people for their own selfish interests, and then hyped up through public opinion to make people who did not know the truth believe it.