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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe reason why some cats look like Adolf Hitler
The causes of the seemingly random colouring of black and white cats has long been a mystery - especially the internet's infamous "Hitler cats". But new scientific research has suggested their unique fur patterns are determined by a faulty gene.
A cat's two-tone or "piebald" fur colour forms when pigment cells fail to follow genetic instructions when they are in the womb, according to the results of a study by researchers at the Universities of Bath and Edinburgh. If there are too few cells to populate the whole of the cat's skin, the result is white patches.
Cats which are largely coloured black but have white faces and chests are sometimes described as "tuxedo cats". Some unfortunate felines have also been named "Hitler cats" or "kitlers" due to markings under their nose which resemble the German dictator's pencil moustache.
It is hoped the research could enhance human understanding of serious medical conditions such as holes in the heart, which are also caused by problems with cell movements in the womb.
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rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I think these cats want to take over the world.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)All cats. They are very, very patient.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)But it's possible at least some of the cats will simply murder the parrots -- that one may deserve just to be silenced -- and then, the cats take over!
However, since I don't condone any sort of murder perhaps a version of the two-state solution is possible: All the parrots to to Greenland, say, or Maine and Florida, and the cats have everything else.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I am a well trained human.
Just like cat owners are well trained humans.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)They could totally take over everything if they did that.