Siamese cat (definite introduction)
Many people don’t know that Siamese cats are known as the “chameleons of the cat world”. Their coat color changes with age, body temperature, and environmental temperature. The colder the cat, the darker and darker it becomes. The higher the temperature, the whiter it becomes.
It turns out that such a gradient is related to genes. According to "Genetics" introduced in "Wikipedia", the "enzyme" that controls the production of pigments in Siamese cats contains a gradient. This gradient can Cause this enzyme to become unstable at high temperatures and lose its function. Therefore, the coat color is darker in areas where the cat's skin temperature is lower (such as hands, feet, tail, face, etc.), while the coat color is light in areas with higher body temperature.
Therefore, many Siamese puppies that have just been born from their mother cats often have white fur. As they grow and their body temperature changes, dark color patches begin to appear. When the weather is cold and the temperature is low, Siamese cat hair pigmentation precipitates and there are more dark parts. Therefore, the patterns of Siamese cats will be subtly different in high latitudes and low latitudes. The owner may also wish to check whether the color of its coat has turned lighter to guess whether it has a fever.
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