sum science fun fact

haiji kiyose January 30, 2025 12:15 pm

i know i shouldnt be saying this but calico cats are female. there are some rare cases of male calico cats, which are 1 in 3000.

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    Damy February 2, 2025 3:38 pm

    My neighbour happened to have a male calico cat

    Lil Miss Otaku February 19, 2025 4:47 pm

    Yes, the colorization is on the X gene, & to get that unique colorization seen in calico you need 2 Xs. It's possible for a XXY male, but that is a rare genetic anomaly (called Klinefelter's in humans--the ml obv didn't have this based on his presentation, but it would've been cool to see ngl)

    haiji kiyose February 19, 2025 5:51 pm
    Yes, the colorization is on the X gene, & to get that unique colorization seen in calico you need 2 Xs. It's possible for a XXY male, but that is a rare genetic anomaly (called Klinefelter's in humans--the ... Lil Miss Otaku

    might be too much biology info lmao, but i agree it wouldve been cool

    Milkteati March 8, 2025 3:03 pm
    Yes, the colorization is on the X gene, & to get that unique colorization seen in calico you need 2 Xs. It's possible for a XXY male, but that is a rare genetic anomaly (called Klinefelter's in humans--the ... Lil Miss Otaku

    Didn't understand a thing but you sound amazing