Is this actually true???

Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 79 points –

I got this sent to me today by a friend, but somehow doubt it's true? Anyone got any knowledge around this?

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Why would you trust random people on lemmy over a basic resource like Wikipedia?

"These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic[1][2][3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes." So yeah click bait article

The point is that everyone does have them, but only rarely are they visible to the human eye.

Have you considered that maybe they are visible in the UV spectrum? Cats can see different frequencies that humans can't see. The Wikipedia article does not confirm nor deny this.

They could be. But again, only if the cell lines have different properties.