Boned

... and flat profiles. The large, pointed ears are wide at the base and set rakishly toward the side of the head. The body of the Russian Blue is fine-boned, long, and firmly muscled. The clean lines and graceful carriage of the Russian Blue give it a regal appearance all its own.

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... detrimental and not beneficial? Just as there is variations in humans ie: size (PIGMYS AND HOBBITS OF INDONESIA) as well as tall (7 ft ) and large boned and other features. There is difference among Ape species. Australopithicine was just one variation of ape that we have thus found.

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