weird ear.
Flickr/tanakawho The American Curl is typical in appearance except for one small thing: its ears curl backwards towards the middle of the cat's skull. Otherwise, the Curl is a medium-sized cat with walnut-shaped eyes that comes in both short and long hair, and runs the gamut of coat and eye colors. They're born with straight ears that slowly curl as they reach early kitten-hood at around 16 weeks. Some ears end up straight, and some can curl to the point of actually reaching the back of the skull. Not only is the American Curl a relatively new breed, it's so new that its history can actually be traced back to a single cat named Shulamith. She and her brother, Panda, found in 1981 by a ...