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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Cats and Music
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 04:42:53 EST
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> ...it is a proven fact that The 1812 Overture played at top volume will
> rouse all but white kitties with blue eyes (deaf, you know)...

Not completely so.  Deafness is associated with the gene that produces
white fur, but not with albinism (which leads to white fur+blue eyes, just
as in humans).  In other words, deafness is more common in white cats but
blue-eyed white cats are not always deaf.  (Aside:  albinism is recessive,
but white fur is (mostly?) dominant.  You figure it out.)

Another interesting experiment (barely related, but what the heck?): Play
something that has dogs barking, like "Good Morning" from Sgt. Pepper, and
watch cats that have never been outdoors perk up, ripple fur, and generally
assume defensive postures.
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Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Are you making this up as you go along?