The Russian breeder, Лариса Десятова, of this very interesting-looking black purebred cat describes him as a: 🧚♀️ Bengali male 🧚♀️ melanistic, born 30/11/20/. I believe that she means “Bengal male”. There is no breed called the ‘Bengali’ to the best of my knowledge or at least I have never heard of such a breed. …
I have discovered that one reason why black cats are less likely to be adopted at rescue shelters is because adopters think that they are harder to photograph. In the modern world where it seems that everyone has a smartphone incorporating a great camera, taking photographs has become an integral activity to the average …
Most of us know that the black cat was associated with witchcraft (Africa is bad on black cat superstition). It is quite possible that some people today still believe the same thing. Superstition is still rife. The black cat is considered unlucky by some people but there are an almost endless number of superstitions …
Charlie is a 17 pound three-legged black cat. He has character, a Siamese-like face and his voice has a lot of the characteristics of the voice of Siamese cat. He is definitely not Siamese. He just has some Siamese in him. My vet agrees. Anyway, it is fairly obvious. He can be a bit …
A cat sleeping picture taken 15 minutes ago. There is a kind of a cult of cat sleeping pics. This one is not meant to be part of the cult. I like it because of the shapes. Charlie likes to tuck his head into his chest. Then we have his glossy black coat that …
by Michael (London, UK) No, not a black cat! A white Persian Halloween cat with a black hat! – Photo by pareeerica (Flickr) – Photo by Luvzdollz (Flickr) – Vintage Halloween cat decorations – photo by Miss Millificent (Flickr) Today’s date: 31st October 2010..I am a bit late doing this…..Being serious for a while, …
As I understand it, the Black Maine Coon has black hair because of the dominant nature of the browning gene. This gene governs the production of an enzyme (“tyrosinase related protein-1). This enzyme is concerned with how the black pigmentation (eumelanin) is produced. When the gene is dominant the color brown turns to black. Sometimes in …
