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A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...
Domestic cat with complete heterochromia, also referred to as an odd-eyed cat. Eye color, specifically the color of the irises, is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin. Although the processes determining eye color are not fully understood, it is known that inherited eye color is determined by multiple genes ...
The tapetum lucidum reflecting green in the pupils of a cat Cat eyes stand out. Cats have a tapetum lucidum, which is a reflective layer behind the retina that sends light that passes through the retina back into the eye. [1] They also have a high number of rods in their retina that are sensitive to dim light. [2]
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Normal eyed cat and heterochromic or 'odd-eyed' cat. Rarely, a Japanese Bobtail, especially a predominantly white specimen, may have heterochromia, or eyes of different colors. Regardless of breed, cats with this trait are known as odd-eyed cats. In this breed, one iris is blue ("silver" in Japanese breeding terms) while the other is yellow ...
Image credits: jjky665678 It turns out that cats have their own analogue of a smile - they simply blink slowly when they look at their owners. And scientists who have studied thousands of cat ...
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Cats tend to stop growing once they've reached 1 year old. A 12-month-old cat is equivalent in age to a 15-year-old human, according to PetMD. But some cats do continue to grow past the 12-month mark.