Members Cheap21 Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1001841912 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 Oh my!! Yuck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted January 12, 2006 Members Share Posted January 12, 2006 I THINK IT'S CUTE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 Aww It is cute, to bad the poor thing died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chanel Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 OMG, it so CUTE!! I love CATS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 cute? That thing scared the sh-t out of me...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drew Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 it looks photoshoped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members King Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 LOL! I'm with OL. I think it's cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 I never said it was cute..Chanel said it was!! LOL!! I think that is NASTY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Andre Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 And, amazingly, it isn't. It's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DanTheMan Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 Just another messed up thing about cats. I swear, they get the weirdest diseases...can you believe cats can have AIDS? They can and this is just another horrible disease cats can have. This cat looks like a monster. In a way, it's probably good the cat died...it was probably feeling lots of pain with that single eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted January 13, 2006 Members Share Posted January 13, 2006 Whoever ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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