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[-] Johanno@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

Researchers have figured out that wild mamals like cats or foxes lose their typical camo fur after having not to hunt and low adrenaline levels for 3 to 4 generations. Then they get typical mixed colours more often like red, white, brown and so on.

So the cat in the picture is pretty close to the wild colours and obviously it works.

this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2024
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