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Calico coon (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 months ago by Dhrystone@infosec.pub to c/cat@lemmy.world
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[-] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 18 points 2 months ago
[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Awww the curly paw!!

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's like if Frankenstein got it right.

[-] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[-] safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 2 months ago
[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 4 points 2 months ago

Lass...calicos are only female.

[-] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

Confirming. She’s a she.

[-] safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 months ago

What a nice lady then

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 2 points 2 months ago

Calicos can be male, they're just infertile cause they got extra genes.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 2 points 2 months ago

Calicos can be XXY, which may present male genitals but is intersexed and both male and female. The genes for color are coded on the X chromosome. That's why only females are calico.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago

It's 2024. Kitty can identify however they wish!

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago
[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 2 months ago
[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 2 points 2 months ago

All calicos have 2 X chromosomes. That means they are either female, or in rare cases intersexed XXY with male genitals. There are no strictly male calicos. It's literally and biologically impossible.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Do you need more links that prove you wrong? Because there were tons.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 2 months ago

Every article you've posted and every article you will post says the same thing.

For a male cat to have a calico pattern, the feline has to have three sex chromosomes: two Xs and a Y. This phenomenon can happen in both humans and animals and is, in either case, known as Klinefelter syndrome.

Again, they may present with male genitals, but genetically they are both male and female. There are no male calico cats. It's literally impossible.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Every article I posted calls them MALE. You’re wrong man. Just accept it.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 2 months ago

Call them whatever you want. Genetically they are male and female. This is simple biology, which is apparently much more complex than you seem to understand.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

You probably want to get on writing some letters to…. Seemingly ALL journalists on the subject along with every veterinary based resource site on the subject and let them know that they’re wrong about something that only you are right about.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 2 months ago

You are now annoying me. Have a nice day.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

He's right. You are just being really stubborn. The fact you think biological sex is simple is a big giveaway you don't know what you are talking about. XXY is not considered intersex and never has been.

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