Fallout 4 cats and mutation

[Gage]

Why do cats look pretty much untouched by mutation? They don't have multiple heads, loss of fur, less mass, anything. They just look like plain ol' cats.

[Yhwach]

Because cats were for the most part killed off during The Great War, and vault dwellers were the only ones that kept them as pets inside of the vault.
Cats are a "recent" addition to the wasteland and weren't out there for 100's of years, but then that begs the question as to why an animal like Dogmeat wouldn't be changed either.

Ones that weren't exposed to large amounts of radiation didn't have a forced evolution.
I wouldn't think about It too hard.

[Gage]

Originally posted by <color=green>Pickle Rick:

Because cats were for the most part killed off during The Great War, and vault dwellers were the only ones that kept them as pets inside of the vault.
Cats are a "recent" addition to the wasteland and weren't out there for 100's of years, but then that begs the question as to why an animal like Dogmeat wouldn't be changed either.

Ones that weren't exposed to large amounts of radiation didn't have a forced evolution.
I wouldn't think about It too hard.

So would that mean that in any fallout games that take place further in the timeline would have mutated cats due to them living and breeding in the irradiated wasteland?

[DarkEternal]

Egyptians used to worship cats as gods. Obviously, gods aren't going to mutate. There's your answer.

[Yhwach]

Originally posted by ★Gage★:

Originally posted by <color=green>Pickle Rick:

Because cats were for the most part killed off during The Great War, and vault dwellers were the only ones that kept them as pets inside of the vault.
Cats are a "recent" addition to the wasteland and weren't out there for 100's of years, but then that begs the question as to why an animal like Dogmeat wouldn't be changed either.

Ones that weren't exposed to large amounts of radiation didn't have a forced evolution.
I wouldn't think about It too hard.

So would that mean that in any fallout games that take place further in the timeline would have mutated cats due to them living and breeding in the irradiated wasteland?

The Commonwealth wasn't that irradiated from the get-go either, as lots of buildings and places are free from your basic radiation, and most of it is in The Glowing Sea.
Outside of The Glowing Sea, you'll see cats non-mutated due ot most of it being diverted.
Older Fallouts also have more radiation than the fallouts that take place further in the timeline.

Originally posted by DarkEternal:

Egyptians used to worship cats as gods. Obviously, gods aren't going to mutate. There's your answer.

There is only one god, and that is the flying spaghetti monster.
Or The Player Character, take your pick.

[RetroTekGuy]

Because Bethesda.

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there not cats there mutated dogs

[ckonestroh]

Could list game play flaws forever. Lmao Bethesda hire a real mathematician to get real life conditions for video game. Not going to happen.

In my lifetime your day dreaming!

[Yhwach]

Originally posted by ckonestroh:

Could list game play flaws forever. Lmao Bethesda hire a real mathematician to get real life conditions for video game. Not going to happen.

In my lifetime your day dreaming!

Expecting any of It In a "fictional" video "game" Is a fallacy.

[Whargoul]

I found some dead kittys in the FEV lab inside the Institute. You can eat their meat if you want too!

[Straybow]

Pre war they were Lions.

[キールス]

Studies show that bald people have no hair.

*Be amazed*

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by <color=green>Pickle Rick:

Because cats were for the most part killed off during The Great War, and vault dwellers were the only ones that kept them as pets inside of the vault.
Cats are a "recent" addition to the wasteland and weren't out there for 100's of years, but then that begs the question as to why an animal like Dogmeat wouldn't be changed either.

Ones that weren't exposed to large amounts of radiation didn't have a forced evolution.
I wouldn't think about It too hard.

Junkyard dog you can buy isnt missing fur patches ether.

[Anvos]

Could be different reactions or merely thier radioactive counterparts normally developed fatal mutations keeping the species the same.

[Sata Weva]

Originally posted by <color=green>Pickle Rick:

Because cats were for the most part killed off during The Great War, and vault dwellers were the only ones that kept them as pets inside of the vault.
Cats are a "recent" addition to the wasteland and weren't out there for 100's of years, but then that begs the question as to why an animal like Dogmeat wouldn't be changed either.

Ones that weren't exposed to large amounts of radiation didn't have a forced evolution.
I wouldn't think about It too hard.

Haven't you answered your own question? Dogmeat comes from a vault too. Might explain why he's so friendly to "Blue."

[Big Moustache]

The Institute created them and use them as eyes and ears in commonwealth. The same goes for birds, crows and radgulls in particular where mass build. You can find that info in the Institute, and you can watch the monitors from their eyes in commowealth.

Edit: in the old sealed off part of the institute, you can find boxes filled with cat corpses, hinting they use them for a long time now.