I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here.

  1. Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
  2. What if it was between your cat and a stranger?
  3. Why?
  • @morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
    78•7 months ago

    I would save my cat every time. I don’t value human life above her life. She’s been there for me for the past 15 years and helped me through the darkest times.

    • @some_guy
      12•7 months ago

      Yeah, my kitties got me through the pan. I lived alone and wasn’t in a relationship and had no car at the time. The isolation was extreme.

      • @morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
        9•7 months ago

        She’s a Siamese chocolate point. In Siamese cats, there is a mutation for the genes of an enzyme (Tyrosinase) that inhibits the production of melanin above a certain temperature. Where the body temperature is lower (extremities, airways), that enzyme is deactivated and melanin is produced, allowing the fur to darken.

        Siamese kitten are born completely white, as their temperature is kept high everywhere in the womb, and rapidly start to color after birth.

        • livus
          4•7 months ago

          This is so interesting! Thanks for the cat fact!

        • @ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml
          1•7 months ago

          I have two Siamese Balinese cats and I never actually knew the practicalities of their coloring… I knew it was something about temperature but I wasn’t sure if that was a metaphorical “temperature” or actually talking about millimeters of mercury

          • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
            1•7 months ago

            Their dark spots also expand when they get old and their circulation worsens as well. Older point color cats will tend to darken on their bellies.