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?1425394297More photos of Cat Island (Aoshima) at:
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/a-visit-to-aoshima-a-cat-island-in-japan/386647/
Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)Lots of ginger tabbies and brown tabbies but no solid black cats and only one tuxedo.
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)And they all have very similar-looking faces.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)"Aoshima Island is one of about a dozen "cat islands" around Japan, small places where there are significantly more feline residents than people. In Aoshima more than a hundred cats prowl the island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in the quiet fishing village. Cats outnumber humans six to one on the island."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,761 posts)If cats are left to breed freely, after awhile the basic tabby gene will dominate and eventually everybody will be tabby. The domestic cat's ancestor is the African wildcat, which has the same tabby markings:
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)reminds me of a cat that some friends of mine used to have - they got him when they lived in Saudi Arabia.
moriah
(8,311 posts)... could have evolved into the various types of tabby markings in domestic cats. Not quite the full "mackerel", plus some things I could see developing into the other "classical", "spotted", and "ticked" patterns...
But at first glance one would see that cat and try to pet it. Bad idea probably!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)(Ok, not really. We don't have quite that many.)
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Holy Vet Bills!
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Fresh blood!
procon
(15,805 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,205 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)Last seen dog paddling east.
irisblue
(32,997 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)KT2000
(20,585 posts)I can't get 3 cats to get along!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,761 posts)if you get my drift..
KT2000
(20,585 posts)they fall in love often!!
Danmel
(4,918 posts)Always an odd cat out.
KT2000
(20,585 posts)and two that go outside and sleep in a separate room. Inside cat hates the outside cats.
You are right about 3, especially with people too.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Yavin4
(35,443 posts)What's going on there?
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...I fully expect to see a peer-reviewed paper on this subject any day now...
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I'd love to visit. I wonder if they're neutered. The article doesn't mention it. Usually a spay/neutered feral puddy-put would have a notched ear. Would love to visit.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)If they were neutered, there wouldn't be so many cats.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,076 posts)NNadir
(33,532 posts)...takes this to mean she is about to be petted, and usually she's right.
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)has a collar on. Thats interesting.