I can’t find any chimeras or calico cats that look anything like this, so I’m gonna go with hidden option c or d: it’s AI or someone painted their cat.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I've never seen a calico with such a distinct pattern like that. The cat literally looks half ginger tabby, half tuxedo. Definitely a chimera.

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

While my cat doesn't have as big distinct patches of color, she also has solid black fur (sprinkled with tiny red specks) and her orange head spot shows a tabby pattern. Their genetics are similar, just the expression is different.

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black. Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

C~c~ = Total brain cells in the cat

N~oc~ = Number of orange cats in the world

C~nc~ = Number of brain cells in a normal cat

C~c~ = (C~nc~ + 1/N~oc~)/2

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 8 points 7 hours ago

🍊️ = orange proportion of the cat

C~c~ = (1 - 🍊️) * C~nc~ + 🍊️ * 1/N~oc~

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

1.5

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 4 points 8 hours ago

One and a half, maybe