21 August, 2014

Black on Black

Striped Chuck
I found an informative article about how black cats get their coloring on Catster.com, The Science Behind the Fur: What Makes Black Cats Black?  In it, I found that black cats are often black-on-black tabbies!  So I dug through my photo gallery, and found one pic of Chucky that looks like he's got tabby stripes - do you see them?  National Black Cat Appreciation Day was August 17, so I'm a bit late on that, but aren't black cats wonderful?  Chucky is like a sleek, long limousine, and I love looking at Sweetie's fur, with all of the white hairs all over.
Sweetie

6 comments:

  1. That was a fascinating article! Now, I wonder how my Rupert is a grey on grey tabby, genetically speaking.

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  2. Raven has some very faint black on black markings. Her fur is also rusting as she ages. Thanks for sharing that article, it was interesting.

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  3. Love the photo of Chucky showing his beautiful black on black fur! My boys have stripes, too, which have become less visible as they grow, but still I can see :-)

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  4. I see those stripes, Chucky! We don't have those. Ell and I have white on our bellehs (and I am turning white in spots now, too); Ivan is completely black. There's no question how our mom feels about black cats!

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  5. Very interesting article. Ernie doesn't seem to have any tabby stripes, but his fur does rust a little.

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  6. I do, I *DO* see Chucky's tabby stripes and they're very handsome, too!

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