Spot, male and female
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That's my thinking too. Either they don't take to him and run/get given away, or they perish somehow.
Spot changed in Phantasms. When Worf took "him", he was all orange. At the end of the episode, the cat has some white, especially the end if it's tail.
So either, in a fit of sitcom, Worf killed the orginal spot and replaced him, or scared the cat so much he turned partly white.
So either, in a fit of sitcom, Worf killed the orginal spot and replaced him, or scared the cat so much he turned partly white.
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Oddly enough, they seemed to start disappearing once that ambassador from Melmac came aboard...
the dog actors who portrayed "Lassie" in the original TV shows were all male, even though the character was female. It's not unusual for the portrayal of pets to be inconsistent across half a dozen seasons.
Although I prefer the theory that Worf killed Spot and replicated/bought a replacement hoping Data wouldn't notice.
Although I prefer the theory that Worf killed Spot and replicated/bought a replacement hoping Data wouldn't notice.
Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
the dog actors who portrayed "Lassie" in the original TV shows were all male, even though the character was female. It's not unusual for the portrayal of pets to be inconsistent across half a dozen seasons.
Although I prefer the theory that Worf killed Spot and replicated/bought a replacement hoping Data wouldn't notice.
The animal actor being a different gender is different than the characters recognizing the animal as a different gender.
Nice addition, I think that's my favourite poem ever.
Orange cats are usually male. Not always, but usually. So I'd say spot was more likely to be male.
Really?
I'd heard it before from various people and from what I found online something like 2% of orange cats are female, much like almost all calico cats are female. It has to do with how the color gene code is passed along on the X or Y chromosome. My sister had an orange female cat, but she was also polydactyly and had 6 toes on her front paws. She was a mutant ninja kitty.
I find this so...amusing. There is something about an android naming all of its cats 'Spot'...can you imagine Troi trying to explain to Data that it would perhaps be nice to give this new cat a different name?
Troi: "Data, what are you going to name this cat?"
Data: "Spot"
Troi: "Data, don't you think you should perhaps give this cat a different name than the others?"
Data: "...why?"
Troi: "Because each cat is different so shouldn't they have different names?"
Data: "Counselor, the cats are not aware of their predecessors...are you implying that they would feel less...important...if they somehow knew?"
Troi: "ARGHHH... just call the blasted thing Spot!"
This article has the ratio for orange tabbys at 80% male/20% female and that calico and tortoiseshell males are much rarer.
Best explanation!I find this so...amusing. There is something about an android naming all of its cats 'Spot'...can you imagine Troi trying to explain to Data that it would perhaps be nice to give this new cat a different name?
Troi: "Data, what are you going to name this cat?"
Data: "Spot"
Troi: "Data, don't you think you should perhaps give this cat a different name than the others?"
Data: "...why?"
Troi: "Because each cat is different so shouldn't they have different names?"
Data: "Counselor, the cats are not aware of their predecessors...are you implying that they would feel less...important...if they somehow knew?"
Troi: "ARGHHH... just call the blasted thing Spot!"
Animal names are gender-oriented in some languages; for example "cat" is male in my native language and "cow" is female. So a cat is often reffered to as "him" even if we know this is a female cat.
English language might have evolved that way in 24th century and this way it's not that strange to have a presumably male Spot give birth to the kittens
English language might have evolved that way in 24th century and this way it's not that strange to have a presumably male Spot give birth to the kittens
