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Re: Domestic cat markings
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2007, 23:00:03 PM »
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Re: Domestic cat markings
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2007, 21:18:01 PM »
Some of the colours will have, such as tabbies. There are only a few basic cat colours really though, if I remember rightly, only 3 of them, and everything else is combination of them, and certain breeds will have been bred over a period of time to lose/gain certain things - the Bengal breeders are still working on certian things, and that is a 30 year old breed, so shows how long it takes. 
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Re: Domestic cat markings
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2007, 21:04:28 PM »
Nope, wild cats markings serve as camoflauge with some big cats. (ie:tigers) Just wondering if there was a similiar principle behind domestic cats.




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Re: Domestic cat markings
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2007, 20:23:01 PM »
I would think wild cats markings are there just to distinguish the breed? So maybe the same for small cats?


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Domestic cat markings
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2007, 20:09:04 PM »
Do you think they serve a purpose like wild cats? I'm curious about this!




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