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"Here's my offering - the shorthair is a boy named Bob and the calico is a girl named Marley."

At the time of this story's publication, both are still at the shelter waiting to be adopted . . . although the calico is currently advertised as bonded with a different gray tabby.

Most orange cats are boys, a quirk of feline genetics that also explains why almost all calicos and tortoiseshells are girls.

The curious calico and her orange tomcat friend, Monu, had recently been sterilized and returned to the market.

Meet Zia, my dilute calico who enjoys chasing droplets of water in the tub and lying flat on her back, like a fluffy rug in a log cabin.