Interesting Fact About Siamese Cats - Did You Know?

[barry1010]

A cold Siamese cat is black all over. 

Who knew you could use a cat as a temperature guage?  

[THECORBYLOON]

I knew that. I seen it on TV a good while ago and one was put inside a fridge to show how it changed colour.

[ToraToraTora]

Purrlease!

[THECORBYLOON]

A polar bear's skin is black and the fur appears to be white only because the hairs are hollow and scatter light.

[barry1010]

Put the cat in the fridge?  Bet it didn't like that.   

 I knew about the polar bears

[Gill1941]

That is rubbish!

I've had lots of Siamese cats over the years and they've never turned black.

I've never put them in the fridge,though!

Are you winding us up, barry?

[Peter Pedant]

well they pant at 37'C

[THECORBYLOON]

Their black areas are where they're coldest.

The cat in the fridge wasn't completely black when it come out but it lightened as it got warmer. 

[barry1010]

No, Gill.  https://www.pdinsurance.co.nz/blogs/why-do-siamese-kittens-change-colour/#:~:text=Because%20of%20their%20genetic%20mutation,activates%20under%2033%20%C2%B0C

[wolf63]

I found my cat in the fridge one day.  He wasn't Siamese.

[Old_Geezer]

But he was delicious.

[wolf63]

OG, he was trying to open a packet of ham.

[ichkeria]

I put a few bananas in the fridge and they went black too ... eventually

[Prudie]

It's only the ears and points that are usually darker in Siamese cats that darken in the cold, not the whole body and it's not black either, dark brown.....

[Gill1941]

I know the kittens are born white and change colour as they get older because I bred a litter. Then the darker points appear.

But mine certainly never changed after they matured.

Sorry, barry, I still don't beleive it. A lot of the internet is rubbish.

 

[pastafreak]

Gilli...Will you believe The National Geographic? 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/siamese-cats-genetic-mutation-colors

[Gill1941]

That is a fascinating read, pasta.

I can only speak from personal experience but I do remember after my male Siamese had to have a back leg amputated the fur grew back dark.

Perhaps Cornwall isn't cold enough to affect the colour normally. Certainly warmer than the Hymalayas!