Philadelphia is such a wonderful city. Not only is it the cheesesteak capital of the world, it now holds fame as one of the few places where a two-faced cat lives. It’s like something out of Batman.
In the article, it says that both mouths open at the same time, it sneezes from both noses, and that all 4 eyes will blink at the same time after they open. I wonder if they’ll both meow at the same time…and what about hairballs? Which side will they come out of?
There’s a place in South Dakota, Wall Drugs, that has a whole side show area filled with 5-legged cows and two-headed turtles. Most are stuffed, but it’s still something to see.
that is the sweetest little kitten I have ever seen. If you read the article to the end you’ll notice that the owner of the mother cat hasn’t gotten it spayed yet. She doesn’t seem to be heading towards that either!!! I hope that little kitten doesn’t end up in a lob somewhere for the rest of its life. the cat is only one, the faces react simutaneously and are controlled by one brain. That blows my mind.
Excuse me, what is this woman doing? It sounds like the cat has had numerous litters, and she has not taken action. Doesn’t she know about the overpopulation problems with cats and dogs? Tons of cats and dogs are “put down” every year-in my opinion this is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
That said, the kitten is a cutie, and I hope it lives a long happy life.
Let me preface this with the fact that all the cats I have ever owned have been spayed or neutered; but…
Let’s not jump to conclusions. The article only specifically mentions 2 litters; this one and one other which produced a differently deformed cat (which they apparently have kept.) And this litter only produced 2 kittens. So we can’t assume she is out drowning bagsfull of kittens without more information.
I’m just interested in finding out what happens when it tries to walk. Other than that it has two faces (memories of those bizarre Fox specials about medical freaks come to mind), it looks like a perfectly normal cat.
*Mjollnir: Does anyone remember the thread some months back about the people who breed deformed (with weirdly-shaped legs) cats. *
Yes, I do. A woman in Texas breeds (or bred) what she called “Twisty Cats”. She basically took polydactyl (many-toed or extra toed) cats and inbred them. Whatever gene caused the polydactism really went wild. The cats were born either with stubs for front legs or such deformed paws that they couldn’t walk well on them. She thought they were cute, and said they adjusted to their life. (Well sure, what @!#?@! choice did the poor things have!?)
I wrote her a nasty letter, pointing out that she wouldn’t do such a thing to her horses that she also breeds. She replied, basically not apologizing for being a Dr. Frankenstein.
Here’s a copy of the original Twisty Cat website. And if you do a Lycos search on “Twisty cats” you’ll get a further list of debate pages about them.
that twist cat article was the most horrific thing I have ever seen. She is literally playing frankenstein in her home. Don’t they have laws against the mutation of animals? They don’t let people clone!!! they shouldn’t be able to do that either!!!
I don’t find any problem with her letting the mother cat out at night. It’s obvious that the overpopulation problem doesn’t come into play here because she keeps these kittens (hence, her mention of the one that puts the others into a headlock) The only thing I can see being a problem with someone is that she keeps letting these cats be born when it seems their mother might have something that gives them a genetic defect. I suppose to a point I am opposed to that, but not enough to say she absolutely must have her cat spayed.
A mother who has more than one child with a deformity or syndrome (down’s) should probly opt not to continue to reproduce if she has the tendency not to produce completely healthy children. Most women I know would prefer to adopt children who already don’t have homes or already have been conceived with similar problems. I think this mentality should be applied to this mother cat as well. If the owner of the cat wants more kittens, she should open up a newspaper and adopt a couple, not continue to produce kittens with deformities. The cats have a disadvantage to deal with, and reproducing more does nothing but satiate curiosity.
Interesting about the “twisty cats”… That might partly explain Spunky, the oldest of my mom’s four cats. She’s got congenitally deformed rear legs, essentially useless, and when we found her, she was about six months old and had apparently been living on her own her whole life. She very quickly became the dominant mammal of our household, and gets around just fine, walking on her front two legs with her butt balanced in the air. Presumably, she’s not a result of someone deliberately breeding for this trait, else why would they have abandoned her, but it’s possible that the same thing showed up in the wild.
And yes, Mom does have all of our pets fixed, and most, if not all, were adopted strays or unwanted kittens, so we’re doing our part on the population control problem
I’m glad that the owner is giving little Image a chance to survive, though.
Other than that it has two faces (memories of those bizarre Fox specials about medical freaks come to mind), it looks like a perfectly normal cat.