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Calico coon (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bonus pic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Awww the curly paw!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's like if Frankenstein got it right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What a handsome lad

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Lass...calicos are only female.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Confirming. She’s a she.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

What a nice lady then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Calicoon