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Striped

The stripes on a mackerel tabby are not the result of alternating, differently colored hairs. In fact, each hair has a short segment of white. The placement of that white segment, on thousands of hairs, is what makes the stripe.

It’s a very cool effect, actually.

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Posted by pjm on February 18, 2005 9:28 PM |

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How do you know this? Have you been peering very closely at your cat for a very long time?

Posted by: Ms. Feverish | February 18, 2005 9:57 PM

I used as visual evidence both the complete cat, and the many atomic stripe-components visible on dark fabrics throughout the apartment.

Posted by: pjm | February 18, 2005 10:04 PM

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