Have you ever heard of a chimera cat? I’d by no means heard of a chimera earlier than, however after I noticed Domiino, I knew simply how distinctive she actually was! Domiino’s mother shared a video on Monday, March 4th, and Domiino wasn’t actually doing something in any respect…besides wanting lovely!
The video is just 13 seconds lengthy and reveals the cat sitting down wanting round. She’s attractive; she’s half orange and half black, however the colours are diagonal. And she has two completely different coloured eyes…the place can I get a cat like Domiino?!
What do you suppose? Is this a cat that you simply’d need? Domiino is much more distinctive as a result of she has two completely different eye colours, too. I’d take her in every single place to indicate her off! Commenters had heaps to say about Domiino, particularly about how lovely she is, or like @kickbackkool74 stated, “Wow I’ve by no means seen that!”
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Facts About Chimera Cats
Before this TikTok, I’d by no means heard of or seen a chimera cat. So I did some analysis to be taught extra about them. According to Catster, “A chimera cat outcomes from two embryos merging of their mom’s womb within the early phases of improvement. This leads to a single cat carrying two units of DNA as a substitute of 1. Physically, the completely different genes manifest by way of coat colour and eye colour.” They go on so as to add, that simply because a cat has two distinct colours does not make them chimera. Interestingly, this distinctive function additionally happens in dogs and donkeys.
Even the title ‘Chimera’ was intriguing to me and I realized {that a} chimera is a “creature of Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster with physique elements from completely different animals. It often consists of a lion’s physique, a goat’s higher physique protruding from its again, and a serpent’s head for a tail.”
I additionally realized that almost all tortoiseshell male cats are additionally chimeras. And {that a} chimera can have two completely different blood varieties and two DNA varieties, because it’s technically two cats in a single.
The one factor I actually wished to know, and you might be most likely questioning too, is how a lot a cat like this might cost. The probability of a cat being born chimera is about 1%, so they’re uncommon! I could not even think about what one would possibly cost! Turns out right here within the U.S. the typical cost is between $1,000 and $3,000…if you’ll find one.
These cats cannot be bred as a result of it occurs throughout being pregnant. You might attain out to breeders and request one in the event that they ever get one (keep in mind, you’ve got acquired a 1% probability of ever getting one), so your greatest wager can be to scour shelters and rescues or wait for somebody to promote their cat. I’m guessing for these individuals who have a one-of-a-kind pet cat, they don’t seem to be going to need to give it up!
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