One-eyed kitten

[Bosox Guy in Chitown]

Poor little guy only lived one day.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906

[ritaylnil]

Poor little guy only lived one day.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906

Poor kitty. Let's hope that was life #1 and he's on his way back as a 20 lb. American short hair!

[corynnmarie]

I saw that a few days ago.

I don't know why, but I don't buy it.

He only lived one day - kittens eyes aren't open at one day old. Unless this particular kitten simply lacked enough eyelid to cover the eye, and that's possible - I dunno, this seems fake to me.

[PalmerGA]

...and you believe this?

[yankeebot]

I don't know if the photo is real or fake but the condition is real so why not?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=holoprosencephaly


hol·o·pros·en·ceph·a·ly n. Failure of the forebrain to divide into hemispheres or lobes causing insufficient development of facial characteristics such as the nose, lips, and palate; in severe cases, cyclopia can occur.

[PalmerGA]

I don't know if the photo is real or fake but the condition is real so why not?I thought kittens were always birn with their eye closed. :D

[krystl]

Kittens are born with their eyes closed. They don't open until anywhere from a week or two. Looks photoshopped to me. You can see the edge of a closed eye to the right of that big open eye.

Edit: Guess I'm wrong. In Cyclopia, the eyelid is usually absent.
Snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp) determined this was true.

[DaBomber25]

That looks insanely fake but my family actually had a one eye cat due to an accident. A few years ago our cat, actually it was more of a kitten, was hit by a car. Somehow it managed to make it back home with one broken leg and one of it's eyes hanging out of its head. My sisters were probably 11 or so at the time and were so upset that my dad decided to pay for all the necessary medical work. They couldn't save the eye and had to sew up the socket and the cat had to have a cast on it's leg. It was an all black cat so it didn't look too freaky but there was so much internal damage that I don't think he lasted much more than a couple months. We have the WORST luck with cats. Oops, look what I just did - jinxed the two we still have.

[krystl]

Well, a one eyed cat due to an accident is slightly different than a kitten born with one big eye and no nose. ;)

[KLJ]

what were the names of aliens on the simpsons..?

[Sheff_Rod]

what were the names of aliens on the simpsons..?
Kang and Kodos.

[DaBomber25]

Well, a one eyed cat due to an accident is slightly different than a kitten born with one big eye and no nose. ;)

Well, I don't see how... :(

[chanman7483]

What an ugly freak of nature :)

That can't be real??? :eek:

[krystl]

Well, I don't see how... :(
Because one was caused by an accident and one was born with a strange condition. Your cat was born with 2 eyes. This little kitten was born with only one eye.

[WashingtonYankee]

Wow. How sad. Still looks fake to me.

[Stupid Flanders]

Guys. this isn't fake

It's not like it's posted on Geocities or someone's myspace