Thursday, April 25, 2024

The end of that cat's tail. Genetic weirdness.

 


9 comments:

  1. Or perhaps a transplant….

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  2. Liberal female Kat. Just like the liberal blue, pink, or purple haired wimmen.

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  3. Or it regrew after being whacked off.

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  4. The original "swish and flick", the tail on a cat provides balance, and in domesticated varieties, also serves as a suitable substitute for the middle finger.

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  5. That's messed up...

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  6. I had a Tortoiseshell cat like that, but no orange tabby tail. She was a good cat.

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  7. It's all in the genes, or in this case the masking genes for coloration. The black is masking large areas of the orange tabby markings. Not normally to this extent, but, well, there you go.

    You see white masking genes more often. It's how you get a Tabby and White or Black and White or an all-white cat that isn't actually an all-white cat.

    Genetics are fascinating.

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