grand elder cats who come out of hiding and meet only when the most dire circumstances demand it

great big ol’ floofermuffins

Siberian Cats are interesting because, before humans decided they should be a ~formal~ breed, these cats pretty much became a breed on their own, simply by adapting to their environment (Wikipedia calls such things a landrace)

A lot of these pictures are directly from this Imgur gallery (which includes the kitties’ names!), and a lot of the other images seem to be from the same person, based on her YouTube videos.

Siberians and Norwegian Forest Cats probably developed similar conformation for similar reasons. I’m very fond of both…