A Real One-Eyed Kitten?
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A Real One-Eyed Kitten?
Hi all,
wow, I'm still not sure if this is for real. Anyone heard about a kitten born with just one eye and no nose? Here is the article and below that I've pasted the url to the picture I saved from the article.
One-Eyed Cat Had Medical Condition
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:58 PM EST
The Associated Press
By TERRENCE PETTY
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little skepticism when it turned up on various Web sites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.
"Holoprosencephaly" causes facial deformities, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. In the worst cases, a single eye is located where the nose should be, according to the institute's Web site.
Traci Allen says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born the night of Dec. 28 with the single eye and no nose.
"You don't expect to see something like that," the 35-year-old Allen said by telephone from her home in Redmond in central Oregon.
Allen said she stayed up all night with the deformed kitten on her recliner, feeding Cy a liquid formula through a syringe. She says she cared for the kitten the next day as well, until it died that evening.
Allen had taken digital pictures that she provided to The Associated Press. Some bloggers have questioned the authenticity of the photo distributed on Jan. 6.
AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera. On the card were a number of pictures — including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten. The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.
Fabricating those images in sequence and in the camera's original picture format, from the varying perspectives, would have been virtually impossible, Stathis said.
Meanwhile, Cy the one-eyed cat may be dead, but it has not left the building.
Allen said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.
She said one thing's for certain: "I'm not going to put it on eBay."
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/ ... eyecat.jpg
At least she's not going to try to sell it on eBay. I swear, the things people try to sell on there... ^^; If this is for real, I feel so sad for the poor baby
wow, I'm still not sure if this is for real. Anyone heard about a kitten born with just one eye and no nose? Here is the article and below that I've pasted the url to the picture I saved from the article.
One-Eyed Cat Had Medical Condition
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:58 PM EST
The Associated Press
By TERRENCE PETTY
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little skepticism when it turned up on various Web sites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.
"Holoprosencephaly" causes facial deformities, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. In the worst cases, a single eye is located where the nose should be, according to the institute's Web site.
Traci Allen says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born the night of Dec. 28 with the single eye and no nose.
"You don't expect to see something like that," the 35-year-old Allen said by telephone from her home in Redmond in central Oregon.
Allen said she stayed up all night with the deformed kitten on her recliner, feeding Cy a liquid formula through a syringe. She says she cared for the kitten the next day as well, until it died that evening.
Allen had taken digital pictures that she provided to The Associated Press. Some bloggers have questioned the authenticity of the photo distributed on Jan. 6.
AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera. On the card were a number of pictures — including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten. The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.
Fabricating those images in sequence and in the camera's original picture format, from the varying perspectives, would have been virtually impossible, Stathis said.
Meanwhile, Cy the one-eyed cat may be dead, but it has not left the building.
Allen said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.
She said one thing's for certain: "I'm not going to put it on eBay."
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/ ... eyecat.jpg
At least she's not going to try to sell it on eBay. I swear, the things people try to sell on there... ^^; If this is for real, I feel so sad for the poor baby
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Now they can do the Odyssey with only cats!
Odysseus washes up, ragged and sooooo cute on the shore.
Odysseus encountering the Cyclops, a gigantic cat with one eye, that plays with the smaller cats like they're rats.
OMG killing the suitors! Washing Odysseus's paws and finding the scar! Going to the underworld!
More seriously, poor cat. :/
Odysseus washes up, ragged and sooooo cute on the shore.
Odysseus encountering the Cyclops, a gigantic cat with one eye, that plays with the smaller cats like they're rats.
OMG killing the suitors! Washing Odysseus's paws and finding the scar! Going to the underworld!
More seriously, poor cat. :/
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Ekk! Not another one! A few months back I remember reading a year (two year?) old topic about a one eyed kitten that was stillborn. (The topic also talked about a one eyed goat and one eyed human.) Unfortunately I can't remember the forum the topic was on.
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If you think that's weird then you've never seen Five Toes, the two-tongued cat.
http://www.videovat.com/videos/621/two-tongue-cat.aspx
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~Back on topic~
Anyway I think that, that defect is called Cyclopia or something.
I found a picture of the goat!
http://www.cybergoat.com/cyclopia/cyclopia.htm
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If you think that's weird then you've never seen Five Toes, the two-tongued cat.
http://www.videovat.com/videos/621/two-tongue-cat.aspx
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~Back on topic~
Anyway I think that, that defect is called Cyclopia or something.
I found a picture of the goat!
http://www.cybergoat.com/cyclopia/cyclopia.htm
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The one-eyed cat is without question the cutest example of a severe form of holoprosencephaly I've seen so far. My (morbid) fascination with rare genetic disorders compelled me to do a little research on holoprosencephaly and cyclopia after reading this thread. The former does not necessarily lead to the latter, but since holoprosencephaly is an anomaly in the formation of the brain, a variety of deformities of the face and head can result.
Some cases of holoprosencephaly are linked to a gene named, oddly enough, 'Sonic Hedgehog'. The plant mentioned on the link about the one-eyed goat is known to disrupt the Sonic Hedgehog gene.
Some cases of holoprosencephaly are linked to a gene named, oddly enough, 'Sonic Hedgehog'. The plant mentioned on the link about the one-eyed goat is known to disrupt the Sonic Hedgehog gene.
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Poor baby... no wonder it died, no nose... probably had a really hard time breathing.
;_; I would've taken care of it... Poor thing... T_T
;_; I would've taken care of it... Poor thing... T_T
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