I believe that the little cuties who clicked in to see have the same questions as me. Why are there so many colors in the eyes of cats? What determines these colors?
Today, the editor will reveal the mystery for everyone!
It is impossible for a cat's eyes to determine the color irregularly. What determines the color of the eyes?
Cat’s eyes are basically similar in structure to human eyes, and are also composed of cornea, iris, conjunctiva, retina and other structures that are mainly responsible for imaging. The color of cat’s eye is mainly determined by the pigment contained in the iris.
kittens will slowly open their eyes after 5-14 days of birth. At this time, the iris will appear gray-blue, which is the so-called gray-blue eyes. The shoveling officer who has experienced kittens and cubs from birth to development should have the experience. In the next few weeks, the color of the iris in the eye will gradually change with the appearance of melanocytes. After 2-3 months or even longer, the color of the iris will stabilize and gradually become the color that the iris of an adult cat should have.
The cat’s iris is divided into two layers, the outer layer is the matrix, and the cells are arranged loosely; the inner layer is the epithelial tissue, and the cells are arranged relatively tightly. Both layers contain pigment-producing cells, and the color of the iris is determined by the number and activity of these cells.
So, there is
1. Without pigment cells, cat eyes look blue.
2. The number of pigment cells is small, and cat eyes are green.
3. There are more pigment cells, and cat eyes are yellow.
4. There are many pigment cells, and the cat’s eyes are brown.
In addition, the transparent structured lens in a cat’s eye can reflect external light like a piece of glass. One side of the glass placed in the sun, when you look at it from the front, the glass has no color, but if we move the angle slightly, we will see that it will appear faintly green or blue. In the same way, the transparent structured lens in a cat's eye will also show a certain color due to the reflected light.
So more strictly speaking, the color of the cat’s eyes is determined by this light reflection and the iris pigment cells.
It is worth noting that the eye color of wild cats is usually brown. Only the eyes of domestic cats will show blue, green, yellow, orange, and brown colors, and each of them has a light to dark color. Hue changes, not colors are fixed, the transition of these colors is not intermittent but continuous.
For example, the color between blue and green may appear ocean green and light green, and the color between green and yellow may appear lemon and dark orange.
Maybe you still have a question, why do you have mandarin duck eyes?
Generally, white cats with mandarin duck eyes are white cats. White cats have a white gene that hinders the pigmentation of the iris, resulting in different degrees of pigmentation in the two eyes. As a result, the cat has interesting mandarin duck eyes.
Alright! Now you understand why the cat’s eyes have different colors! So, what color are the eyes of the cat in your house?
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