this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2025
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All Orange Cats Share One Brain Cell

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Pictures of orange boys and girls, with and without the cell.

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 49 points 1 year ago

TLDR: They are mutants just like Jean Grey in the X-people. Their superpower is being able to ignore their name being called from 2 feet away.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok now why are they dumb as a box of rocks?

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have six orange girls. Probably the largest collection on the East coast that isn't a shelter or rescue.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Clockwise 11:30 Charlie 1:00 Topaz 3:00 Papita 4:00 Tasselhoff 6:00 Lucy 9:00 Ellie

Charlie, Tasselhoff and Papita are also bobtails. So bonus rareness.

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool. On a related topic, I picked up a stray light orange cat on my first walk of 2025 and they turned out to be female! Won the cat lottery!

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

20% is pretty common. I have one, my friend has two.

[–] starbrite@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Marigold the elusive orange female says hello!

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Except we already knew this, it's basically genetics.