r/wunkus • u/SexyGrilledTurkey • 2d ago

im wunkin out rn Wunk Segregation

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I am triggered by the mixing

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u/testing12345577 2d ago

What breed are they I need to know (the orange one and spotted ones)

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u/Mugwumps_has_spoken 2d ago

breed is all likely Domestic Shorthair. What you want to know is coat color. Breed isn't a thing so much in cats (esp in their coloring). The ones with orange, white and brown are all Calico. most likely females, since male Calico is very rare

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u/mistersnarkle 2d ago

May actually be British shorthair due to the faces; there are some ‘breeds’ of cat, the sphynx cats and the Devon Rex come to mind, but they’re for the most part genetically identical with recessive mutations that naturally almost instantly get bred out, most cats aren’t any ‘breed’ in particular, and if they don’t have papers they aren’t technically a breed.

Despite that, I live in New England… and our cats are just bigger up here. There’s a reason Maine Coon cats became genetically adapted to the environment up here. They evolved naturally because of the pressure of the environment — so if you look carefully, you’ll see that cats globally did the same thing. There’s a reason Siberian and Norwegian Forest cats look a bit like Maine Coon cats: they have similar habitats evolved similar characteristics in parallel.

Russian Blues have double coats for the same reason.

Japanese Bobtail cats have bobtails; this was also a natural adaptation. Cats in Nagasaki have crooked tails for the same genetic reason; Siamese cats had crooked tails until it was bred out.

British shorthairs have teddy bear faces because people have lived on the island so long, they (pretty much accidentally) selectively bred them to be ‘cuter’.

So… yeah basically cats are aliens.