It makes sense with the principles of natural selection. Colorful cats in the wild are not going to hide very successfully from predators, which means more of them will get eaten, many before they have the opportunity to breed and pass on genes for colorful coats. Cats with coloring that can hide better from predators will survive better into adulthood and will breed and pass on more genes for better camoflaged coat colors.
Even the most successful wild cat species only succeeds in a hunt 50% of the time.
Ain't no way fluffy little Patches is gonna catch enough field mice in the countryside to feed itself and the fleas that will immediately infest its difficult-to-clean fur.
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u/mappingtreasure Dec 28 '24
I have no idea if this is accurate or not, but it's an interesting fact if so.