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Cy - The Kitten born with 1 - eye

post #1 of 40
1/9/06 at 12:58pm
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Found this today:

Interesting anomaly. The image, while not visually offending, might upset some people.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...yet27501091906
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post #2 of 40
1/9/06 at 1:21pm
Have you seen this posted on yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...yet27501091906 Sweet little kitty didn't make it thou
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post #3 of 40
1/9/06 at 1:25pm
He's at the So Ugly He's Cute ranking. Poor baby
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post #4 of 40
1/9/06 at 1:26pm
Wow...They must have gotten quite a shock when they saw that baby being born
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post #5 of 40
1/9/06 at 1:40pm
Poor kitten. He was shocking. Sadly birth defects occur in animals as well as humans.
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post #6 of 40
1/9/06 at 1:59pm
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...yet27501091906

there the snipet of the story from yahoo news. It says that the kitten lived one day before it died but the picture shows a newborn size kitten with a huge OPEN eye. I KNOW kittens are not born with eyes open so was this pic edited?

(MODS: i wasnt sure if this was supposed to be here or in IMO. Move if needed.)
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post #7 of 40
1/9/06 at 2:11pm
OK, there are just too many very complicated mutations that would have had to occur here. I'm of the opinion that this is fake. My problems?
1. If the kitten is one day old, why is the eye open?
2. Aren't kittens usually born with blue eyes that darken over time?
3. If it simply had a mutation that led it to be born with one eye, the eye would be on one side or the other, not a giant eye smack in the middle of the face. There would be multiple mutations required for this.
4. The kitten does not appear to have a muzzle, just a line across the face.
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post #8 of 40
1/9/06 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by Obi
OK, there are just too many very complicated mutations that would have had to occur here. I'm of the opinion that this is fake. My problems?
1. If the kitten is one day old, why is the eye open?
2. Aren't kittens usually born with blue eyes that darken over time?
3. If it simply had a mutation that led it to be born with one eye, the eye would be on one side or the other, not a giant eye smack in the middle of the face. There would be multiple mutations required for this.
4. The kitten does not appear to have a muzzle, just a line across the face.
I would tend to agree with you. The kitty was supposedly born without a nose too, yet they said it lived one day, which would seem impossible from a breathing perspective. The story is very sad if true. If it is fake, the person making it is probably demented.
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post #9 of 40
1/9/06 at 3:26pm
About as demented as this person I'd say:

www.HumanDescent.com
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post #10 of 40
1/9/06 at 3:29pm
It's possible that the birth defect prevented the eye from being sealed shut.

Poor little kitty. At least it didn't have to suffer for long.
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post #11 of 40
1/9/06 at 3:32pm
I'm not sure about that exact picture being legit but I've seen some horrible mutations that have happened. If you're really interested in seeing more do a goodle search, you'll be amazed
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post #12 of 40
1/9/06 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by RoseHawke
About as demented as this person I'd say:

www.HumanDescent.com
That's just someone with Photoshop and WAY too much time on their hands! They aren't trying to pass it off as real, if that's the case. I don't know if it is or not, it seems a bit elaborate for a ruse but look at Snopes.com. Obviously there are people out there who would try to pull something like this off.
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post #13 of 40
1/9/06 at 4:31pm
Looks like a hoax to me. As others have mentioned, kittens are normally born with closed eyes. Plus, its ear looks a little weird—and open. Plus, the limbs seem abnormally long and well-muscled for a newborn kitten.

Actually, to me it looks like a photo of a baby monkey that's been Photoshopped. Just a guess.
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post #14 of 40
1/9/06 at 4:58pm
EW!!! But that would have been cool if he'd lived. Can you imagine the....wait, I JUST realized on my own that if he'd lived one day, his eye wouldn't have been open already...dumb...then I scrolled up and saw everyone saying it was a farse...it did freak me out at first!
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post #15 of 40
1/9/06 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by evnshawn
Looks like a hoax to me.
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post #16 of 40
1/9/06 at 5:35pm
Poor little baby
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post #17 of 40
1/9/06 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by menagerie mama
EW!!! ...it did freak me out at first!


I thought it would be a picture with maybe a normal eye on one side, no eye on the other just blank, so I clicked to see it & it's story...and it really freaked me out. Even though it isn't, like, I don't know- well- it was pretty disturbing to me. I've got that image stuck in my head now. Poor kitty.

Also I've got to agree that it's most likely a hoax. That sort of thing: easily done in Photoshop, with some time . And if, by some small chance, it is real, I do feel bad for the poor little thing. So sad that it didn't live, if it's true
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post #18 of 40
1/9/06 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by dawnofsierra
Poor little baby
That's what I thought, too.
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post #19 of 40
1/9/06 at 11:54pm
I didn't doubt it's authenticity because it's a news story, but you all make some good points. It brought tears to my eyes the moment I saw it this morning, and if it's a hoax, the person should be charged with something! I'd like to sue him for mental anguish! hehe. It says the photo was provided by the owner, so it's not like an actual photographer supposedly took it. Fishy. Can't wait to see what info on it pops up on-line in a few days.
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post #20 of 40
1/10/06 at 2:30am
I have fostered many, many newborn kittens and the picture looks authentic to me. The limbs and ear are correct. I have seen pictures of human infants with this exact same birth defect. As others have said, kittens are usually born with eyes sealed closed and a deep blue colour when they do open but you can imagine that whatever caused this birth defect probably caused the eye do be developmentally abnormal as well. Just as an aside, a very few kittens (usually in the Siamese breed) are born with their eyes open.
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post #21 of 40
1/10/06 at 8:25am
As odd as the photo is, I must retract my earlier statement. The photo COULD be real, as after some research last night I discovered from a pathologist that there is a recognized medical condition called Cyclopia in which this happens. It is cause when a birth defect results in the formation of only one half of the brain, which itself often causes Cyclopia to result. Such animals are usually stillborn, and are born with one very large eye, usually open, in the middle of the face where the nose would be. The nose is either absent (as in this case) or is present ABOVE the eye in the form of a proboscis (think elephant). Very weird.
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post #22 of 40
1/10/06 at 8:34am
Real or not that poor kitty. i wasnt expecting the eye in the middle of the forehaed either
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post #23 of 40
1/10/06 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by Obi
As odd as the photo is, I must retract my earlier statement. The photo COULD be real, as after some research last night I discovered from a pathologist that there is a recognized medical condition called Cyclopia in which this happens. It is cause when a birth defect results in the formation of only one half of the brain, which itself often causes Cyclopia to result. Such animals are usually stillborn, and are born with one very large eye, usually open, in the middle of the face where the nose would be. The nose is either absent (as in this case) or is present ABOVE the eye in the form of a proboscis (think elephant). Very weird.
http://depts.washington.edu/ceeh/News/sonic.htm (no photos, just info)
http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=114 (WARNING: includes photos of a human fetus with the condition)
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post #24 of 40
1/10/06 at 2:08pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Obi
As odd as the photo is, I must retract my earlier statement. The photo COULD be real, as after some research last night I discovered from a pathologist that there is a recognized medical condition called Cyclopia in which this happens. It is cause when a birth defect results in the formation of only one half of the brain, which itself often causes Cyclopia to result. Such animals are usually stillborn, and are born with one very large eye, usually open, in the middle of the face where the nose would be. The nose is either absent (as in this case) or is present ABOVE the eye in the form of a proboscis (think elephant). Very weird.
Ooh, looks like you're right. I did a bit of research. You can read a bit more about the poor little thing (and see another case) here. Be warned, some may find the pictures on this page to be disturbing.

Apparently, cyclopsis, or holoprosencephaly, occurs in many animals, including humans. The degree Cy had was apparently the worst, which is called in humans (and, I assume, cats as well) alobar holoprosencephaly. There's a lot of brain damage involved.

Poor kitty.
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post #25 of 40
1/10/06 at 2:14pm
Yeah, poor kitty. I'm going home to hug my cats now.
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post #26 of 40
1/10/06 at 8:05pm
Ugh, I had no idea that picture could be real...sad...
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post #27 of 40
1/10/06 at 8:31pm
It kinda looks real to me, with the odd mouth and no nose. Years ago I witnessed the birth of a human baby with profound birth defects, and there was just a line going across where the eyes should have been. The doctor said with the defects involved, the heart was backwards, there was only one eye in the middle, and the child had many other internal defects. The baby did not survive delivery.

I have a pic of Sugartoes baby BB who died at 2 days old, taken after his death, because of course at that age there are no good clear pics yet. I thought about posting it at the Rainbow Bridge forum when I posted of his death, but thought it would be too disrespectful of BB. I don't think this owner should have posted this pic (if it is real).
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post #28 of 40
1/10/06 at 11:28pm
I must admit Im up in the air with the authenticity of the image.

If it is real I can see no good reason to publically publish it but to cause some controversy. Why would a breeder do that? There is no real reason that I can see.
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post #29 of 40
1/11/06 at 5:13am
Thats so sad, I still saw cuteness in the kitten Id have loved it all the same. The picture of the human baby is sad too.
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post #30 of 40
1/11/06 at 6:42am
According to a story posted on the ABC News web site, it is a conditon called "Holoprosencephaly":

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1492953
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