This cat's doing a fantastic job, but it is an excellent example of surplus killing. Aka people who ignorantly claim that "predators only kill what they can eat." Nah bitch, this cat will kill every single thing it can catch and leave it all around to rot, as will many predators. And it's why your PET cat, without a job, shouldn't be out decimating songbird populations.
That's the right scale. It's small because the X chromosome is also associated with sexual development; nearly all males have XY, and the Y chromosome doesn't have this color-coding gene location.
That's about what they're saying, yes, but not limited to "calico." Calico's orange, red and white; white is unrelated to the genes in question (separate spotting gene). Tortoiseshell cats, which are mottled black (or dilute) and orange (or dilute) have the same genetic situation of X-linked color genes
I lived innawoods all my life, and never had a mouse problem. Well, I did have a mouse problem. Their corpses kept ending up on my bed with a bloody mouthed murder machine wondering why I refuse to eat my breakfast.
TheGaryBuseyOf4nal
“We’re gonna need a bigger mouth.” - that cat probably (and nobody else you degenerates)
TomClancysGoatRodeo
Someone get a spit bucket or something! lol
InDogsWeThrust
She
DanielWhiffin
Very efficient murder-floof
Wapusk
As purr the ancient compact.
laurapede83
Kitty Corn Porn!
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
You know, sometimes I'm really glad humans are the size we are. Imagine if we were endangered by incredibly fast predators the size of a bus.
ProfaneSanction
Is he saying "chubby bunny" after each mouthful?
bourbontheshieldanvil
This is literally why ancient Egyptians revered cats.
OrkenMork
He has all the meeses!
kriswinters
Does he hate them to pieces?
OrkenMork
obviously!
TheDoctorIsInside
She got quite the mouthful there.
d14z3p4m
I had a calico she was a great hunter
RobertAG25772
Look @ how many mice he can hold in his mouth!
Dimestream
Four at once, that's certainly a mousefull!
WhiskyBravo
2 mice 1 mouth
MySushi
Also, not feeling like having popcorn anymore now that I know where are the organnic kernels are sourced from https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MWd1cmlpN3I0amZobGRzbDBqNHVxNHUwdXNsd210NHJkbnE5Nmt0ZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Su2sbMzV3acMXc6pDi/200w.webp
tidepool
Mice have touched at least one ingredient in every meal you eat. That’s just life on earth.
PipWhipple
Aren't there like...permitted levels of bugs and mouse feces in food products because it's so inevitable?
Aetherblade
Most of our food litterally grows in shit, swims through shit and / or is covered in shit, so yeah.
Feralkyn
This cat's doing a fantastic job, but it is an excellent example of surplus killing. Aka people who ignorantly claim that "predators only kill what they can eat." Nah bitch, this cat will kill every single thing it can catch and leave it all around to rot, as will many predators. And it's why your PET cat, without a job, shouldn't be out decimating songbird populations.
NLOVNI
Cat like reflexes
DarkfireDragon
And this one's mine, and this one's mine, and this one, and this one...
beeeeeeerkaaaaa
That's quite a mouser!
iusedtodream
Save some tail for the rest of us, pussycat
PipWhipple
Someone is eating well today!
ElbowDeepInUserSub
UptightBanana
Then kitty takes them inside the house and drops them at the feet of the farmer's wife. Look mom, I brought you presents!
Raisexplay
This kills the mices
Decoyape11
That cat needs a raise
PMAW
My cat can't catch a single kne.
PMAW
One, single one.
DidItForScience
I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took a kitty to the knee.
BlastyMcBlastblast
finally! a cat that earns his keep!
MrOne2
That cat needs pockets https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eG4yb3U0Z3RzYTd1ZDNhd3llYjBxNml4cWFwcWEwZHE3YTdqcnJrYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/u5xNL7P4xsCNvLYuiV/200w.webp
somnif
her!
BlastyMcBlastblast
finally! a cat that earns her keep!
Quebeker
My cat does. I don’t have mice. And the 2 times I had one it didn’t last long.
ImAWeirdMom
That's almost guaranteed to be a she not a he.
fantabuloustimewaster
Correct! I think the "orange fur" and "dark fur" genes live in the same place on the X chromosome, so generally only XX cats can display both colors.
ShitsNGiggelz
Now I know. Thanks!
CobraCommander1981
It's a calico, males are only 1/3000
fantabuloustimewaster
That's the right scale. It's small because the X chromosome is also associated with sexual development; nearly all males have XY, and the Y chromosome doesn't have this color-coding gene location.
Feralkyn
That's about what they're saying, yes, but not limited to "calico." Calico's orange, red and white; white is unrelated to the genes in question (separate spotting gene). Tortoiseshell cats, which are mottled black (or dilute) and orange (or dilute) have the same genetic situation of X-linked color genes
FiftyShadesOfTiramisu
Generally, yes. There are some rare exceptions (XXY chromosomes, mosaicism, chimerism)
fantabuloustimewaster
Also correct! I decided to write "generally" instead a treatise on feline intersex.
Ragebrew
Behold: The exact reason why cats domesticated themselves. All that free food, hiding in the weird monkeys food.
PineappleLoopsBroether
PutItInNeutral
When we had a mouse infestation in our house, we called an exterminator. They did their thing, but our cats literally got half the mice.
Ragebrew
I lived innawoods all my life, and never had a mouse problem. Well, I did have a mouse problem. Their corpses kept ending up on my bed with a bloody mouthed murder machine wondering why I refuse to eat my breakfast.
PutItInNeutral
We had a teenager-leaving-food-in-places-accessable-to-a-mouse problem.
Ragebrew
Ah yes. The leftover container under the bed that has begun to speak?