Photos: top left and bottom right: copyright Helmi Flick. The other two are in the public domain as assessed.
How Siamese cats change their colours
First a short introduction. Although the history of the Siamese cat in the West is somewhat vague, it would seem with some certainty that a certain Mrs Vyvyan of Dover, UK acquired some of the first Siamese cats in the West. Of course, they came from Siam (now Thailand) ostensibly from the King’s Palace …