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The Khao Manee cat (Thai: ขาวมณี, RTGS: Khao Mani, lit. "white jewel"), or Khao Plort (Thai: ขาวปลอด, lit. "complete white"), also known as the Diamond Eye cat, [1] is a rare, natural breed of domestic cat originating in Thailand, which has an ancient ancestry tracing back hundreds of years.
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 ...
The mascot of the 2010 FIBA World Championship of basketball, hosted by Turkey, was an anthropomorphised Van cat named Bascat. He had a white coat and odd eyes, one blue and one green, and his head was shaped with design cues from the crescent moon on the Turkish flag. [33]
Tips for Caring for a Blind Cat Cats who've lost their vision (for whatever reason) can still have amazing lives. It's important to make sure the world around them sets them up for success.
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 ...
Studies of cats watching screens have shown that they are actually able to differentiate between subjects on the TV—they know when they are watching tiny birds or tiny soccer players, and some ...
After all, the only thing the internet likes better than a regular cat photo is a grumpy cat photo. The Plight of Homeless Kittens It’s a rough time in the animal rescue world.
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