Odd-eyed cat
Introduction
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Odd-eyed cat
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 5 Oct 2016
Sitting in the hedge surrounding the churchyard > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1070391 of SS Andrew and Peter in Blofield > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/844349. White cats with two blue eyes have a high incident of genetic deafness; the ratio decreases when the animal's eyes are of two different colours. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when pigment granules are prevented from reaching one eye during development by either the dominant white gene or the white spotting gene, resulting in a cat with one blue eye and one green, yellow, or brown eye. The Islamic prophet Muhammad's pet Angora cat, Muezza, was reputed to have been an odd-eyed cat.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.629846
Longitude
1.448774