Black cats bring good luck

**Giaguara** · #1 March 4th, 2003, 12:14 AM

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered the gene mutations associated with a black coat in three types of black cats: the domestic cat, jaguar and South American jaguarundi. [...]
Stephen O'Brien, who has been studying feline genetics for 25 years, said the mutations affect a gene in the same family as one that causes a resistance to HIV in humans. [..]
"There is a mutation in humans that knocks this gene out and causes complete resistance to HIV," O'Brien said. "So it may be that these cats have a high frequency of black because they (achieved) some sort of resistance by blocking some infectious agent."

So, black cats, jaguars etc felines seem to resist more to a lot of diseases ... So, at least the black fur brings luck to themselves

Article in Wired, here

The old black cat myth then.. mine bring me just good luck (even without that research)

Jack Hammer · #2 March 9th, 2003, 05:28 PM

indeed, i always loved black pussy cats

white ones are cute too, i like em all

**Giaguara** · #3 March 9th, 2003, 05:52 PM

My sweeties bring good luck. And they use my Mac.

Jack Hammer · #4 March 9th, 2003, 07:46 PM

awwww so cute

hey just wondering....is getting cats a female thing or is it ok for guys to get a dog only?

cause my apt has a rat problem but i dont want to scare away girls or anything

**Giaguara** · #5 March 9th, 2003, 07:53 PM

I had a pet rat before my cats. She was intelligent.

So I'm not scared of them.

But then again, I'm far from statistically approven opinions or habits of girls. You need to ask someone other..

**fryke** · #6 March 9th, 2003, 08:09 PM

A black cat is certainly okay for a guy, too. If you also hang a painting by H.R. Giger on the wall, it might frighten some people away, though... But I've only made positive experiences with cats, Giger paintings and visitors (both female and male).

TommyWillB · #7 March 9th, 2003, 09:22 PM

I'm on my 3rd black cat. Her name is Tie.

She was preceeded by Hocus Pocus and Dragon.

The only problem with these cats is that I have never managed to get any good photos...

Trip · #8 March 10th, 2003, 08:06 PM

I got a cat, black one even!

He's awsome, although we fight often and he always wins, it's fun to show the scars to the chicks at school.