Cy the One-Eyed Cat

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Wow, Birds with Flu, Cats with one Eye, George W Bush still in power........we only need one more Horseman!!!

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A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little scepticism when it turned up on various websites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.

"Holoprosencephaly'' causes facial deformities, according to the US National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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 December 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 January 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.
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Awww that's weird but sweet at the same time! Odd!

Well I think it's shame that the little thing died... I want a happy ending goddamit!
 
Stop saying poor kitty and focus on the big issue people..... God that cat is grotesque!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I gotta say i think it is adorable......to the point of i want one...and i want one NOW.

though i kinda want one of each Animal so i can have a set...i mean who wouldnt want a Cycloptic Lion?
 
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its cute n all, but....i am so not gonna live with it! lmao
First thing I thought when I saw the pix was "hullo Photoshop." But really, nature is more bizarre then most people's imagination. Not sure how I feel about the whole musuem part of this situation.

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Cyclops cat at museum
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A one-eyed, noseless kitten that stirred debate last year over whether it was a hoax will be the centerpiece of a new museum intended to promote the theory of creationism.

John Adolfi plans to feature the remains of the short-lived kitten, Cy, at the Lost World Museum when it opens later this year. The Phoenix, N.Y., museum will feature such oddities as giant plants and eggs, unique archaeological finds, and remains of deformed animals, he said.

Adolfi believes in creationism - a literal reading of the Bible's story of creation.

He wrote on the museum's Web site that the theory of evolution states that "environmental pressures can lift species from the ape-like creature... to us today. My question is this. Are there really positive mutations?

"All I can see are neutral or negative," said Adolfi, a real-estate agent from Granby, N.Y.

Traci Allen, of Redmond, Ore., said she had sold the cat's remains to Adolfi because she believes "creationism should be an option for people to consider." She said she turned down other offers, including from "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"

The 1 ½-ounce Cy was born Dec. 28 but died a day later. It had one oversized eye in the center of its face, no eyelid and no nose.

The cat's authenticity was widely debated on the Internet. Veterinarians said it had suffered from a rare disorder called holoprosencephaly.
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Can someone explain to me in idiot's terms how a one-eyed cat supports creationism over evolution? How does it support either? It's a genetic disorder for God's sake.
 
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