What is a maine coon?
Many of them look as if they could take you out on a dark night, but they are a bunch of big wimps with a love of human company and an almost total dependence on us. They come from the homesteader’s cats in the backwoods of Maine, the Pine Tree State, and have naturally developed to cope with the semi arctic conditions of Maine winters. Survival characteristics start at the front end and continue to the tip of the tail. Large mouse-chewing jaws are topped with wide eyes and radar ears which are well feathered against the roar of the arctic wind. Strong legs end in large feet for soft ground and snow, with built in snowshoes to prevent it packing between the toes. The coat is warm and weatherproof, with an outer cloak which forms a thatch against the rain with the help of a little natural oil. It remains easy to self groom as a knotted coat is of no use to an arctic animal. The back legs are fitted with plus fours to keep the butt off the ice, and the tail, which is one of the most char
