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And still beautiful (lemmy.world)

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[-] XiELEd@piefed.social 18 points 6 days ago

All Cats Are Beautiful

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Prankenkitty.

[-] bobo1900@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago

What's up with the grey eyes? Sure it's not a photoshop

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Oh yeah the sclera is weird

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Could be why they're at the vet.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

You're spare parts, bud

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

That roight thar is a bunyip.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

please name this cat Discord

[-] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Oh my gosh! I want it! Adorable!

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 week ago

Are they Chimeric? I've never seen such a clear division between tuxedo and tortoiseshell patterns like that.

[-] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 45 points 1 week ago

Assuming it's real, I think it would have to be as chimera. I don't even think an extra chromosome would explain this. I'm oversimplifying a little, but the genetics when it comes to the black/brown coloration is either "tabby" or "not tabby", and "tabby" is dominant, so as long as it received one copy of "tabby", every part of the coat that isn't white should be tabby.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The blue eyes are even weirder, and make me lean towards calling it fake. It is quite well done though, if it is fake.

Edit: found a post, looks pretty damn real. Any insight on the blue eyes?

https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1bjs4uf/he_is_real/

[-] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 3 points 6 days ago

The vet classified him as a Minuet

Huh... WTF is a Minuet?

The Minuet (also known as the Napoleon) is a hybrid mix of Persian and Munchkin cat breeds.

Oh WTF???!!!

So it's a cross between two breeds that, ethically, I really don't think should even exist. I'd have to dig a bit, but I'd be shocked if there's not breeders specifically breeding both of those for blue eyes, so it sadly almost makes more sense now.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, not great. Luckily it looks like the cross turns out to have a normal muzzle at least, and I think most munchkins do okay. Pure persians and Scottish folds are the real crime in my opinion, poor Scottish folds, horrible joint problems just because humans must have slightly bent ears :(

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 week ago

Got the mom's head and the dad's body

[-] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 week ago

Radiates chaos energy from four cats

[-] Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

Living 4 of their lives at once.

[-] prole 4 points 6 days ago

36 lives total

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Voltron's abandoned runt.

[-] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

All of the Energy, none of the thoughts probably

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Well, sure, the ginger bois are sharing the brain cell.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

First read this as four of their evils lol.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Absolutely adorable! I know a cat that's mostly white but his tail is all stripy. So I always ask him who'd he switch tails with and wiggle his tail about.