They're called Blaschko's Lines and are in our genetic code and can only be seen under UV light! They're usually a V Pattern that kind of swirls down our backs and wraps up our neck and around our arms. Supposedly cats can see our stripes!
Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes.
I have stripes??? On top of realizing that humans have stripes, Twitter was also buzzing with the concept that your pet has always seen you as a striped being. This is because cats (as well as dogs, ferrets and reindeer) have eye lenses that let UV light through.
Our skin is covered in stripes that run up and down the arms and around the torso. To the human eye they are invisible, but they can be seen under UV light. The lines were discovered by German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko 75 years ago, Dr Bav Shergill, of the British Association of Dermatologists told MailOnline.
Psychedelic stripes, colors and patterns on flowers, birds and bugs are just some of the things that cats can see that humans cannot.
As you can see, human stripes are quite easy to spot… …so they can be seen by just about any animal except Cataract Gibbons, McGoo's Ocelot, the Abacinated Wallaby, the Maced Hamster, Zatoichi's Turtle, the Tiresias Hippo, the Ray Charles Bandicoot, and Samson's Enucleated Llama.
Here's the thing, cats don't recognise themselves in mirrors. When they see their reflection, they simply think they're seeing another cat. This explains why your kitty is so infatuated with their look-alike. The reason cats don't realise they're staring at themselves is actually quite straightforward.
It might not look like it, but you're going to have to trust us on this one: human skin is covered in stripes. Called the lines of Blaschko, or Blaschko lines, it's thought they map the movements of cells from when the body was developing in the womb.
These lines are not a disease, they are a result of the way a fetus develops within the womb. As embryonic cells divide, they migrate into their proper location in an organized and predictable fashion. This results in bands of skin that may be derived from different populations of cells.
Blaschko lines are consistently V-shaped on the upper spine, S-shaped on the abdomen, inverted U-shaped from the breast area to the upper arm, and perpendicular down the front and back of the lower extremities. They never cross the anterior truncal midline but run along it.
Rather than relying on facial recognition, cats actually identify us by the sound of our voice, our scent, and the way we physically feel to them. The strange part of all of this is that cats actually view people as fellow cats.
That means they have three photoreceptors within the eye and base their color combinations on those three colors. Humans base their color combinations on red, blue and green, while bees base their colors on ultraviolet light, blue and green. This is the reason why bees can't see the color red.
Our pets' eyes have evolved to help them better see what is important to them in the wild. This ability allows them to be able to see dried puddles of urine, letting them know a territory has been marked, and can even help them to forage for food, select mates and spot predators.
Unlike humans, many animals see in ultraviolet, and a study now suggests that cats, dogs and other mammals can, too. Knowing these animals see things invisible to humans could shed some light on the animals' behavior, the researchers say.
UV light is invisible to the human eye and it was thought that other mammals could not see ultraviolet wavelengths because their eye lenses were so similar to humans. However, like those in the animal kingdom able to see these wavelengths (like birds, fish and some reptiles), cats and dogs posses UV-transparent lenses.
Human skin is overlaid with what dermatologists call Blaschko's Lines, a pattern of stripes covering the body from head to toe. The stripes run up and down your arms and legs and hug your torso. They wrap around the back of your head like a speed skater's aerodynamic hood and across your face.
Blaschkolinear acquired inflammatory skin eruption (BLAISE) encompasses a variety of skin conditions in children and adults that show striking distribution along the lines of Blaschko and are characterized histopathologically by an inflammatory infiltrate.
The characteristic skin lesions are present at birth in approximately 50% of cases and follow the lines of Blaschko. These are also known as cutaneous lines of embryogenesis as they apparently trace the migration of embryonic cells.
Physical characteristics such as skin and eye colour, hair type and colour and body shape are determined by genetics, but can also be influenced by the environment. Over long periods of time, the environment will act on the genes to develop particular characteristics within a population.
Blaschko's lines were originally described by Dr. Alfred Blaschko in 1901 when he examined over 140 patients with linear skin lesions that followed similar patterns. A diagram of the distribution pattern of these lines has since been drawn and is now referred to as the lines of Blaschko.
Octopuses' stripes are unique, like our fingerprints.
Lesions following Blaschko's lines are more common in females. The most common type of Blaschko's lines followed is the narrow- band. The age of onset distribution shows two peaks constituted by nevus achromicus and epidermal nevi in the first 1 year of life and by lichen striatus in the toddler age group.
Conclusion. Most cats don't understand that kisses from humans are a sign of affection. A cat will surely let you know if they enjoy being kissed or not. The best ways to show your cat that you love them are to give them toys, treats, and plenty of one-on-one time.
As explained by Popular Science, cats actually don't recognize themselves in the mirror, despite what you see in those cute cat videos or in your own home.
While some smaller studies do suggest that cats can identify their owners just from their face (eg from a photo), the way they recognise us is more likely to involve smell and sound, as these are the senses cats rely on most to understand the world around them.