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Ahoge cat (lemmy.nz)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[-] bl4ckp1xx13@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 4 weeks ago

It's to recieve commands from the mothership.

Zeep glorp my brother 🖖.

[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 48 points 4 weeks ago

For those without context...

Ahoge (アホ毛, アホげ), literally "foolish hair," is a visual cue common to Japanese anime and manga. Consisting of a single cute, often long, lock of hair sticking out from the top of the head, it is most often used to identify foolish, bumbling or carefree characters.

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[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 weeks ago

That’s not exclusive to anime, Alfalfa here was originally created as part of “Our Gang” back in the 30s:

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

and don't forget "Our Gang"

[-] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

That could be due to a mutation in sonic hedgehog.

I know that sounds like a joke, but it's not.

Edit: Taking a closer look, that cat definitely has a sonic hedgehog mutation. That's the source of what looks like a split in the nose, plus the eyes being set slightly far apart.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog_protein

What the heck

That's great

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

sonic would be french

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago

well the article says "Sonic hedgehog is a morphogen that patterns the developing embryo using a concentration gradient characterized by the French flag model." so i guess you're right