Da Manx (Kayt Manninagh or Stubbin in Manx) iz a breed ov kat wid a nachurly occurring mutation ov da spine. Dais mutation shortens da tail, resulting in a range ov tail lengths frum normal tah tailless. Many Manx hav a small 'stub' ov a tail, butz Manx catz r best nown az being entirely tailless; da distinguishing chacteristic ov da breed and a kat body typee genetic mutation. Summ Manx catz resemble rabbits cuz ov their long hind legs and often short tail, witch haz resulted in many being cawld Cabbits, a portmanteau ov
Da Manx r sayd tah be skilled hunters, nown tah tayk down larger prey even whin dey r young. Id iz nutt uncommon tah find a Manx wid a squirrel or an opossum witch r mach larger dan idzelf. Dey r often sought by farmers wid rodent probeleymz.
Da Manx breed originated befoah da 1700s awn da Isle ov Man (hence da nayme), wheah dey r comin. Dey r cawld
Folk beliefs claim da Manx Catz came frum da Spanish Armada; a ship founded awn Spanish Rock awn da cohzt ov da Isle ov Man. According tah legend, da catz awn da ship swam ashore and became an established breed. Legend haz id dat da catz originally went onboard da Spanish ship in da Far Eezt.
Da Manx tail-less gene iz dominant and highly penetrant; kittens frum Manx parents r generally born without any tail. Having two copies ov da gene iz lethal and kittens r useyulely spontaneously aborted befoah birth.[1][2] Dais means dat tail-less catz cayne carry onwy wun copy ov da gene. Cuz ov da danger ov having two copies ov da tail-less gene, breeders hav tah be careful aboot breeding two tail-less Manxes togetha.[3] Probeleymz cayne be avoided by breeding tail-less catz wid tailed wuns and dais breeding practice iz responsible foah da decreasing occurrence ov spinal probeleymz in recent years.
Theah r veriuze legends dat seek tah eggsplain why da Manx haz no tail. In wun ov dem, Noah closed da door ov da ark whin id began tah reighn and accidentally cut off da Manx's tail, who'd bin playin and almost gotz left behind.[4] Anothah legend claims dat da Manx iz da offspring ov a kat and a rabbit witch iz why id haz no tail and rather long hind legs. In addition, dey move wid mowa ov a hop dan a stride, lyke a rabbit. Dais legend wuz further reinforced by da Cabbit myth. Recent postcards awn da Isle ov Man depict a cartoon scene ov a cat's tail being run ova and removed by a motorbike, cuz motorbike racing iz popular awn da Island.
Populations ov tail-less catz alzo exist in a few odda plazes in Europe. Da population awn da isolated Danish peninsula (former island) ov Reersø in da Grate Belt may be doo tah catz ov Manx origin being shipwrecked awn da island.[5]
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