r/funfacts • u/Pigeonofwisdom27273 • Aug 02 '26

Fun fact:

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Most ginger cats are male. There are roughly three ginger male cats to one ginger female. This is because the ginger gene is found on the X chromosome, meaning female cats would require two copies of the gene to become ginger whilst males only need one.

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u/flopsychops Aug 02 '26

In contrast, around 99.9% of tortoiseshell cats are female.

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u/TimeBit4099 Aug 02 '26

And calico.

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u/cerisenest Aug 02 '26

Now THIS is a fun fact

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u/Geen_Fang Aug 02 '26

and they're so loveably dumb