フォトグラファーのRobert Sijkaさんが撮影する大型猫種、「メインクーン」の写真が話題だ。
メインクーンは「血統猫で一番大きな猫」ともいわれる猫界きっての大型種。性格はとても温和で賢く、非常に飼いやすいのだという。
どれくらい大きいかというと…
すごくデカい。
公式サイトによると、Sijkaさんは妻が数年前にメインクーンを飼いはじめたのをきっかけに、猫の写真を撮り始めたのだという。撮影した写真をInstagramなどに投稿。8月29日現在で約2万5000人にフォローされている。
SijkaさんのInstagramやTwitterに投稿された、まるで獅子のような凛々しい猫たちを紹介しよう。
もちろん、子猫のときは、小さいのだ。
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A woman and her Maine Coon cat pose during a cat exhibition in Bishkek on March 23, 2013. Cat lovers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the exhibition. AFP PHOTO/VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO via Getty Images)
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Maine Coon kitten (credit:Blue Valentines via Getty Images)
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A jury member examines a Maine Coon cat during the 6th International Feline Fair in Medellin, Colombia, 15 March 2014. EPA/LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA (credit:EPA=時事)
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A woman shows a Maine Coon cat during a two-day international cats exhibition in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, March, 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Maine Coon cat is groomed ahead of competition during an international cat show in the Warsaw , Poland, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman displays her Maine Coon cat during a cat exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, 08 March 2014. The exhibition for cat lovers runs from 08 to 09 March. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH (credit:EPA=時事)
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A woman and her Maine Coon cat pose during a cat exhibition in Bishkek on October 20, 2013. Cat lovers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the exhibition. AFP PHOTO/VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO via Getty Images)
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An owner poses with her Maine Coon cat during a cat exhibition in Bishkek on April 19, 2015. Cat lovers from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the exhibition. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO via Getty Images)
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A woman judges a maine coon cat during the Fifth International Cat Fair in Medellin, Colombia, 17 February 2013. EPA/Luis Eduardo Noriega (credit:EPA=時事)
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A woman poses for photographs with a Maine Coon cat during the 6th International Feline Fair in Medellin, Colombia, 15 March 2014. EPA/LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA (credit:EPA=時事)
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Margaret Sutherland holds her Maine coon therapy cat Oliver Underfoot during the 133rd Atlanta St. Patrick\'s Parade in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 March 2015. The parade dates back to 1858, one of the oldest in the United States. Saint Patrick\'s Day celebrates Ireland\'s patron saint on the anniversary of his death, 17 March, in the fifth century. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER (credit:EPA=時事)
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Catherine et Goliath, le maine coon. (credit:Isaszas/Flickr)
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2006 CFA-Iams Cat Championship, Madison Square Garden (credit:semarr/Flickr)
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Auggie (and his owner) move out this month. I\'m really looking forward to finally putting up a bird feeder without it becoming his buffet, but... I suppose I may miss having such a beautiful cat stalking around. (credit:sandcastlematt/Flickr)
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RENO, NV - AUGUST 28: Stewie the world\'s longest cat with owner Robin Hendrickson at the Guinness ceremony on August 28, 2010 in Reno, Nevada. This incredible feline specimen measures 48.5 inches from the tip of his long tailbone to the edge of his whiskered nose. Confirmed by Guinness as the world\'s longest domestic cat, five-year-old Stewie, the Maine Coon cat is now basking in the glory of beating the previous record by 0.5 inch. Living with his owners Robin Hendrickson, 41 and Erik Brandsness, 47 in Reno, Nevada, they decided to put Stewie up for the record after the number of comments he would receive at cat grooming shows. (Photo by Robin Hendrickson / Barcroft USA / Getty Images) (credit:Barcroft via Getty Images)
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Another picture from Kidogo, my maine coon she cat.\nTo take this picture, I sat on the floor, one hand on the camera, and in the other a cat toy. (credit:Cloudtail/Flickr)
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Enzo, one of the two Maine Coon cats of my brother and his girlfriend.\n\nThis picture was taken when he had just celebrated his first birthday. (credit:dvanzuijlekom/Flickr)
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(though his extraordinary fluffiness is a contributing factor) (credit:liquidnight/Flickr)
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Maine Coon Cat (credit:MICHAEL LOFENFELD Photography via Getty Images)
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An owner poses with his Maine Coon cat on October 2, 2010 during the two-day international cat exhibition in Mogyorod about 30 kms east from Hungarian capital. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ATTILA KISBENEDEK via Getty Images)
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Staff Photo by Doug Jones, Thursday, March 14, 2002: Maine Coon Cats from left; Polly Danderfluff, SophieMae, and Toby, enjoy the island in the middle of Carol Pedley\'s kitchen at her Standish home. (Photo by Doug Jones/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) (credit:Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)