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Theresa
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 Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:50 pm One-Eyed Cat Likely Had Legitimate Condition |
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| Quote: | PORTLAND, Oregon (Jan. 11) - 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.
Traci Allen, AP
Cy, short for Cyclops, was born with only one eye and no nose. It died in December after living for just one day.
"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."
01/11/06 00:02 EST
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. |
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:53 pm |
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Wow! Freaky! It really brings home those myths about creatures with one eye and stuff...and, lol, Leela(sp?) from Futurama as well 
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Starbuck
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:25 pm |
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Awww...... its so cute and sad and I wanna cry now.
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:27 pm |
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Yeah, it is sad though...not to mention rather freaky...
It's odd how such things can happen...
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Lord Borg
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:43 pm |
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Kinda creepy she's keeping the body in the freezer. It's sad Cy died the next night though
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Brightstar82
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:52 pm |
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omg the poor thing..thats so sad 
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TrekkieMage
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:19 pm |
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From a scientific standpoint that is really facinating! Although I wonder why it died. Unless there were severe issues with its oxygen flow, it should have been able to breath through its mouth. But I'm assuming there were other internal malformations aside from its external mutation.
From an emotional standpoint, however, that's really sad! The woman who tried to nurse it to health must have been so shocked. I hope the poor thing didn't suffer 
As for the freezer, that's not too uncommon. The fridge in our biology room usually has a squirel or something in it....Freezes all the bacteria off it and preserves it until it can be examined or taken to a taxidermist.
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:54 pm |
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But that's the fridge in your biology room... This is her fridge at home for food and stuff, 
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TrekkieMage
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| Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:01 pm |
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Yeah, well. There are some strange people at my school
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magenta
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| Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:10 pm |
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It was such a cutie,really sad!As long as she wrapped it up in plastic and put it in a plastic bag,it wont affect the food in the freezer!
It probly had a deformation in one or more internal organs!
How cute it was! 
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