WHO'S A SAD KITTY THEN?

A genetic condition causes Sushi to look perennially unhappy

- SIPHOKAZI ZAMA

SOME cats look like they got the cream. Others think they're the cat's whiskers, slinking around like they own the place, all smug superiority and you're-lucky-to-know-me attitude.

And then there's Sushi, the kitty that gives new meaning to the term sad sack. This feline looks like he's had his heart broken a million times over and is about to burst into miserable meows if you so much as sneak a glance his way.

But don't feel too sorry for this kitty: he's captured the internet's attention with his cat-astrophically tragic face and he's okay, really. Sushi, who lives in São Paulo, Brazil, was born with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a condition that affects connective tissue and causes the skin to be unusually stretchy - which explains his sad, droopy expression.

Sushi's facial skin is unusually stretchy.