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You made my wife go awww.
the ringo kid
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That made my Cat--Shasta go: Fffffft! 
Heres Shasta making an attempt to get there and prove how soft she is on other cute critters.
Heres Shasta making an attempt to get there and prove how soft she is on other cute critters.
shaggist
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This made ME go AAWWW!
Not me. I used to hear that in court every day. With that expression, I bet that tail was going back and forth.
mg357
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that is very cute!
Bill Bates
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Is this cute or what?!
I don't know if the big kitty is really mommy but it is female; as is the kitten.
The gene that make a calico colored cat (orange, black and white) is a sex linked gene. That coloring only occurs in females.
shouldazagged
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NeoBuckeye
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Same effect here, the wife went awww.
Looks like somebody slapped some Silly Puddy on the big cat and slapped it on the little cat.
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timn8er
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I'm sorry, I'm not a cat gene specialist;I just posted a pic I thought was cute. You can nitpick anything to death if you really want to...
Soft kitty, warm kitty
little ball of fur.........
little ball of fur.........
Jack Flash
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I don't think anyone wants to nit-pick, just set the record straight! But you're right, we should not analyze a joke too much. And it was a good one too!
I guess those of us who own "Torties" ( or should I say "are owned by them" ) all know that they are always female. Can you spot LuLu (aka "Camo Cat") in the picture below?
I guess those of us who own "Torties" ( or should I say "are owned by them"
) all know that they are always female. Can you spot LuLu (aka "Camo Cat") in the picture below?
maxbnc
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About halfway between the end of the saw blade, and the edge of the picture, centered in the frame?
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timn8er
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Almost correct. There are a relative few male calicos, but that same sex-linked gene abnormality means those few are almost certainly sterile.
goldenlight
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Mostly, that's true. Mostly.
I know someone who has a MALE tortishell cat. Torti cats have the same sex liked gene that calico cats have, but it is expressed a bit differently, with no white, and generally just two colors.
Her cat has the rare XXY for sex chromosomes. I have read about it, but never ran into a first hand account.
The cat had male sex organs, bit 'his' testicles were undersized. This fits with what I've read that XXY cats are always sterile.
There are XXY cats that have the classical calico coat, too, but I have yet to get a first hand account of one. So far.
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