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A rare black whisker
I find quite a few shed whiskers (and I save them). Tiger's whiskers
are usually white with a black root. Today I found a completely black whisker. That's the first one I have seen. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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A rare black whisker
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:37:30 -0500, ---MIKE--- wrote:
I find quite a few shed whiskers (and I save them). Tiger's whiskers are usually white with a black root. Today I found a completely black whisker. That's the first one I have seen. I have been wondering about that myself. I have three red tabbies from the same litter - one has about one third black whiskers, one has almost none, and the third has a few. It corrolates with the degree of curling in their tails: most curl, most black whiskers; least curl, fewest black whiskers. -- T.E.D. ) |
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A rare black whisker
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Ted Davis typed:
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:37:30 -0500, ---MIKE--- wrote: I find quite a few shed whiskers (and I save them). Tiger's whiskers are usually white with a black root. Today I found a completely black whisker. That's the first one I have seen. I have been wondering about that myself. I have three red tabbies from the same litter - one has about one third black whiskers, one has almost none, and the third has a few. It corrolates with the degree of curling in their tails: most curl, most black whiskers; least curl, fewest black whiskers. It would be genetic, but I thought more related to the agouti gene - Shmogg's whiskers were always white (or very light grey) with a dark grey / black root. Now all the ones I find are white, which is probably for the best. For a while there, I'd occasionally find an agouti hair in amongst the smotherings of all-white hair, and once I realised who it must have belonged to, I turned into a blubbering wreck. Eventually Joel would just "you've found another hair, haven't you?". It is of course less common now, and whilst I know finding Shmogg's hair around even after 2.5 years may reflect badly on my housekeeping, I still think of them is wonderful surprises to be treasured, not swept away. Yowie |
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