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Actually, they're not. Male Calicos are very rare - only about 1 in 300 Calico kittens are male - but they do exist. Unfortunately, a sex-linked genetic disorder kills most male Calicos when they're just kittens, so adult male Calicos are extremely rare and are considered valuable.

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One of the definitions for the word "calico" refers to a cloth or other object that has patches of different colors, hence "calico cat."

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Calico is not a type of cat just a color so it is not their species what makes them aggressive or mean it is their personality and most Calico's are girls so that might explain alot

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inactivation of the X chromosome

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