Post by Neko Bazu on Sept 19, 2007 16:13:58 GMT -1
First off, I'm not gonna post the pic up directly here, 'cause it really is kinda disturbing. This kitten was born with one eye and no nose - it didn't survive past a day old:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/cloud_1_3_5/Bazu%20Stuffs/Cy.jpg
Apparently, Cy (as he was named) was born with holoprosencephaly (which loosely translated would be "whole forebrain-ism"). This is a medical condition which occurs when the forebrain fails to divide into hemispheres, and it often results in facial deformities, particularly cyclopia and problems with the nose.
This was included in several blogs, and the one I found it on was here:
jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2006/01/cy_the_cyclops_.html
474 comments, and they really show a wide range of reactions, from, "It must be fake" to "That's disgusting" to "Poor thing" to "He's actually quite cute." Kinda makes for interesting reading.
Also, for anyone who thinks the picture's fake:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/cloud_1_3_5/Bazu%20Stuffs/Cy.jpg
Apparently, Cy (as he was named) was born with holoprosencephaly (which loosely translated would be "whole forebrain-ism"). This is a medical condition which occurs when the forebrain fails to divide into hemispheres, and it often results in facial deformities, particularly cyclopia and problems with the nose.
The least severe of the facial anomalies is the median cleft lip (premaxillary agenesis). The most severe is cyclopia, an abnormality characterized by a single eye located in the area normally occupied by the root of the nose, and a missing nose or a proboscis (a tubular-shaped nose) located above the eye. The least common facial anomaly is ethmocephaly, in which a proboscis separates closely-set eyes. Cebocephaly, another facial anomaly, is characterized by a small, flattened nose with a single nostril situated below incomplete or underdeveloped closely-set eyes.
Cyclopia (or synophthalmia) is a birth defect in which a normally two-eyed animal is born with only a single fused eye, generally disproportionately large and centered on the face above the area where the nose would usually appear. Typically in cyclopic births the nose is either absent or present as an appendage located above the single eye. (Eyelids are also generally absent in such births, which explains why the eye of the one-day-old kitten pictured above is open even though cats are usually born with their eyes shut and remain in that condition for the first week or two of their lives.
This was included in several blogs, and the one I found it on was here:
jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2006/01/cy_the_cyclops_.html
474 comments, and they really show a wide range of reactions, from, "It must be fake" to "That's disgusting" to "Poor thing" to "He's actually quite cute." Kinda makes for interesting reading.
Also, for anyone who thinks the picture's fake:
AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had [the owner] 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.
[The owner] said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.
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.
[The owner] said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.
