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[–] 62 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And they are not stripes! Look closely and they are elongated spots

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Humans have stripes too you just can’t see them.

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    "The lines seemed to be present at birth and didn't follow any other known body system such as vessels or nerves. Instead, they create sweeping chest arcs, mountainous shapes across the back, and swirling butt loops."

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    That's how it works for other mammals as well. Your dog has spots? Shave it and it will still have spots.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Cool fact. Next time I get mauled by one I’ll just taunt them by calling them hairy zebras!

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    1 hour border Collie had surgery, I saw that where her fur was white, the skin was pink, and where the fur was black, the skin was also black.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Need to confirm. Need to shave orange cat.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    A leopard can never change it's spots,

    The big tiger will never change it's stripes,

    A hound dog will never change his bark,

    And you can't make a heel toe the mark.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Fun fact: you know those spots some animals have, like leopards or dalmatians? Humans do not have them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Saw a great pic of that once, can't remember how it was revealed, under what spectrum or whatever. Anyone?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Blaschko's lines happen mostly in mosaicism, where an embryo is formed by the fusion of two embryos, gets a mutation early in development, or otherwise gets two different genotypes. It can also be caused by X-linked genes. If those genotypes produce different skin colours or react differently to skin diseases, you can see the lines directly.

    It looks like any visible form of mosaic disease may present along Blaschko's lines.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    That's neat

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  • Thank you, TIL

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