I just took these photos. It shows the tabby coat as camouflage. I like to see the original tabby cat in nature. This hints at the wildcat ancestor. I like that. Long grass is probably one type of environment that the African/Asian wildcat – the domestic cat ancestor – has to hide in but there are others. I just like the feel of the photos.
Cat coats tabby and tabby cat picture.
Michael, has Ms. Kathrin touched one hair on any one of her Cats head? Neer, cept to study the nucleic acid! The UKZ ‘Tabby?’ WHY ashould we?
She is in good condition. She has a beautiful coat. I just feel that she is a little bit under the weather. It is not a big deal. I wonder what sort of illness she had or has.
That melanistic jaguar is stunning
This sounds like melanism, which is a genetic mutation. A lot of wild cats have it but it is rare. The black panther is usually a melanistic jaguar (living in South America). You can see the ghost rosette spots of the melanistic jaguar.
Oooh melanism! I never knew that. I must read through the article in the link. I remember about the Agouti gene and it’s absence being the only thing between tabby and non tabby, but I may have remembered that incorrectly, which given the state of my brain these days is the most likely thing.
Thomas was born to a Muzz, a short haired brown tabby tuxedo female of a small feral colony that lived in the garden when I moved in here. Before I could trap her (the toms were easy) she gave birth to four kittens, all from different Dads I think. I kept all of the kittens. Included in the litter were Thomas – all black, Patti – long haired brown tabby, Angel – short haired blue with some tabby striping and Leo – long haired blue with tuxedo markings. Thomas’s Dad belonged to an old bloke down the road who refused to get his big old battle scarred tom neutered.
She looks in very good condition Michael. I know what you mean about worrying about them all. I can’t pass a cat in any of the roads in my village without giving them the once over and I do fret about them. If only cats had the same status as dogs in our country. If only everyone understood what wonderful beings they are and took time to learn of their marvellous ways.
William Blake could see it, even if not rhyme it very well lol!