23 Cute Curly Cats to Turn Your Day Into a Wholesome Tangle of Purrs

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 8, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Gooood meowrning, feline fam. We learned something new today, and it's not often that we learn something new about cats as someone who considers themselves an expurrt on all things feline-related. We love to write about unique cats because they're just so cool to look at (and awwdorable!), and today we found a new breed of cat that we had never heard of before - the Selkirk Rex! Actually, any cat breed with the name "Rex" in it should have some sort of curly-haired gene.

These cats are born with a rare genetic mutation that causes their fur to be curly, and it is literally the cutest thing on the internet. No, they didn't just get back from the hairdresser - they were born this way! They look so soft and cuddly that even just scrolling through pictures of them wraps our hearts in a wholesome feline embrace. Give yourself a nice scroll and turn your day into a wholesome tangle of purrs thanks to these kitty cuties!

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  • They almost don't look real! They are real, though, and we need to adopt one this very instant. We're not sure how we survived this long without having one already. Those curls are enough to make even the most famous hair meowdel jealous. So luscious and swirly!

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  • Seriously, does anyone know where we can get one? We pawmise we'll take really good care of them, and they'll have lots of feline friends to play with! Our house is very cat-friendly. And by cat-friendly, we mean that the cats run the house. They would live like a king here!

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