Cy, short for Cyclops... One-eyed cat no hoax

One-eyed cat no hoax

January 13, 2006 - 12:18PM
Cy, short for Cyclops, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown
in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon

Cy, short for Cyclops, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown
in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon
Photo: Traci Allen
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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.

- AP
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...1/13/113695633
5177.html

Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Double-A

"Double-A" wrote in message
oups.com...

Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Double-A


A good coffee boy !?! What's the world comming to ?

H.J.

Double-A wrote:

Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Double-A

More hypocrisy.

--
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Co-Winner, alt.(f)lame Worst Flame War, December 2005

"Causation of gravity is missing frame field always attempting
renormalization back to base memory of equalized uniform momentum."
-- nightbat the saucerhead-in-chief

"Have patience. First I shall deal with the State of Oregon
and County of Josephine, Then the AFAB, government/media
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family. Your time will come."
-- Raymond Ronald Karczewski©, usenet "christ"

"Classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim, and rather ironic, coming from
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http://www.ffmmov.com/cyclops/cyclops.htm

Filth!
--
ah

Art Deco wrote:
Double-A wrote:

Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Double-A

More hypocrisy.

I want to be part of something BIG . . . like the Mothership (tinm).

Only problem I see is that it takes tokens, so I'm having to save mine up...
--
ah

Double-A wrote:
Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Excuse me, Brother, but could you spare a token, or two?
--
ah

ah wrote:
Double-A wrote:
Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Excuse me, Brother, but could you spare a token, or two?
--
ah


All us elite Earth Space Science Officers have free passes!

You can apply to the Captain for a commission, but you must demonstrate
conduct becoming an officer and a gentleman before consideration will
be made.

Oh, and you must renouonce Art Deco and all his ways!

Double-A

"Double-A" wrote in message
oups.com...

ah wrote:
Double-A wrote:
Twittering One wrote:
ahhhh.


No, just "ah".

Not a bad fellow really, for a coffeeboy.

Secretly wants to be a saucerhead.

That's why he posts here!

Excuse me, Brother, but could you spare a token, or two?
--
ah


All us elite Earth Space Science Officers have free passes!

You can apply to the Captain for a commission, but you must demonstrate
conduct becoming an officer and a gentleman before consideration will
be made.

Oh, and you must renouonce Art Deco and all his ways!

Double-A

Noooooooo........