Cock-a-doodle-meow! Bizarre photo of feline dubbed 'half cat half-chicken' after he was shaved for surgery takes internet by storm

  • Reddit user Edwardwrongtu, from the US, posted a snap of his friend's cat
  • The ginger feline had its hair removed to have an operation
  • Imgur users joked he looked like a 'chicken breast' with so much taken off 

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A picture of a cat with half of its body shaved has gone viral after its hairless limbs provoked gleeful comparisons with 'a chicken breast'

Reddit user Edwardwrongtu, believed to be from the US, posted the photograph of his friend's pet on Imgur which showed the fluffy ginger feline without any fur from the waist down apart from its tail. 

The photograph has quickly seen by more than two million people, captivated by the bizarre sight.

The image of a cat with half of his fur shaved off has gone viral following a post by Imgur user Edwardwrongtu which has been send over 200,000 times

The image of a cat with half of his fur shaved off has gone viral following a post by Imgur user Edwardwrongtu which has been send over 200,000 times

Edwardwrongtu posted the image last night with the caption: 'My friend's cat had surgery and now he has no pants.'

Commenters on the Reddit thread appeared to be astounded by the strange appearance of the long-haired cat with so much fur removed.

One commenter joked: 'The bottom half looks like an uncooked turkey,' while another thought called it 'half cat, half raw chicken breast.'

One joked the cat appeared to be pulling a similar pose as in Titanic when Rose is drawn naked aside from a necklace by Jack.

The user posted: 'Paint me like one of your French girls,' a quote from the scene in the film. 

Edwardwrongtu posted the image last night with the caption: 'My friend's cat had surgery and now he has no pants,' which has provoked much joking on the thread

Edwardwrongtu posted the image last night with the caption: 'My friend's cat had surgery and now he has no pants,' which has provoked much joking on the thread

One joked the cat appeared to be pulling a similar pose as in Titanic when Rose is drawn naked aside from a necklace by Jack and posted a quote from the film

One joked the cat appeared to be pulling a similar pose as in Titanic when Rose is drawn naked aside from a necklace by Jack and posted a quote from the film

Another pointed out that even without having fur on his lower half he could still have a Skype interview and 'look professional'

Another pointed out that even without having fur on his lower half he could still have a Skype interview and 'look professional'

The cat was compared to an unroasted bird by many and one said it looked like an 'uncooked turkey' with the fur removed

The cat was compared to an unroasted bird by many and one said it looked like an 'uncooked turkey' with the fur removed

One person was concerned it looked like his own body once the fur had been removed

One person was concerned it looked like his own body once the fur had been removed

But a Reddit user joked: 'At least he can look professional over Skype so that's good.' 

While an Imgur user joked that 'the bottom half bears a striking resemblance to the bottom half of my body.'

Many others felt very strange about seeing a cat without fur on so much of its body.

One wrote it looked like 'random cat pieces' had been put together and went so far as to say the 'nakedness' made them feel uncomfortable.

Another Imgur user echoed that it was 'uncomfortable' to view while another posted they mistook the legs for a chicken.

Some made jokes of the half and half nature of the fur removal.

One wrote: 'I'm more of a cat half-furred kind of guy myself.'

Some people were not happy to look at the image as it made them feel 'uncomfortable' as this poster wrote because of the cat's 'nakedness'

Some people were not happy to look at the image as it made them feel 'uncomfortable' as this poster wrote because of the cat's 'nakedness'

Another poster agreed it was 'uncomfortable' but didn't make it clear if this was because of the removed fur or that the animal had to go through surgery

Another poster agreed it was 'uncomfortable' but didn't make it clear if this was because of the removed fur or that the animal had to go through surgery

One user mistook the cat's lower half for a chicken and appeared to find the image amusing 

One user mistook the cat's lower half for a chicken and appeared to find the image amusing 

Instead of a glass half full, this poster felt they should be optimistic about how the cat was still half-furred rather than half-naked

Instead of a glass half full, this poster felt they should be optimistic about how the cat was still half-furred rather than half-naked

One person commented and appeared jealous of the cat's long fur while also echoing what others had said about the cat appearing to look human

One person commented and appeared jealous of the cat's long fur while also echoing what others had said about the cat appearing to look human

While another person appeared jealous of the cat's long hair.

They posted: 'That's why I sometimes think it would be cool if we still had fur all over.

'We'd look majestic as f***.'

It's unclear what kind of surgery the cat had which was made it necessary to remove so much fur from his body.

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