# What is this photo?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 27, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254 "2006-02-27T02:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CanTak3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/1 "2006-02-27T02:14:15Z")
I keep seeing [this](http://www.gardnermotorcars.com/oddanimal.jpg) photo in Yahoo’s oddly enough section. Anyone know what it is or have the link to whatever story they had on it? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/2 "2006-02-27T02:17:10Z")
Linky no work. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/3 "2006-02-27T02:20:20Z")
> [@CanTak3](#): > > I keep seeing [this](http://www.gardnermotorcars.com/oddanimal.jpg) photo in Yahoo’s oddly enough section. Anyone know what it is or have the link to whatever story they had on it? A one-eyed albino baby badger??? :dubious: Isn´t there a larger image? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/4 "2006-02-27T02:20:42Z")
It’s a picture of a one-eyed cat which was quite a popular “weird” item a few months ago. [Here’s](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10792937/) a somewhat more recent update. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/5 "2006-02-27T03:42:29Z")
Fact or fiction? Snopes says it’s true. Let’s see what it looks like a year from now. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/6 "2006-02-27T03:49:42Z")
its sad if you ask me… its rare but not unheard of for Human fetus’s to be still born that way, I have no idea if they ever live born or not. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/7 "2006-02-27T03:50:39Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > Fact or fiction? > > Snopes says it’s true. > > Let’s see what it looks like a year from now. IIRC, it died after one day. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/8 "2006-02-27T03:52:12Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > Fact or fiction? > > Snopes says it’s true. > > Let’s see what it looks like a year from now. mostly an interesting skeleton as its dead. from the link "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." ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/9 "2006-02-27T03:55:58Z")
> [@Whammo](#): > > mostly an interesting skeleton as its dead. Not unless the power goes out: > [@](#): > > Allen said she’s **keeping the cat’s corpse in her freezer** for now, in case scientists would like it for research. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/10 "2006-02-27T04:11:43Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Not unless the power goes out: OMG WHAT kind of SICK meal is she plannning?!?!?!?! Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/11 "2006-02-27T04:15:21Z")
> [@Whammo](#): > > OMG WHAT kind of SICK meal is she plannning?!?!?!?! > > Heh. my guess is she didnt really look into it. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/12 "2006-02-27T04:16:37Z")
> [@Whammo](#): > > my guess is she didnt really look into it. In her grief everything she saw was one dementional… ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/13 "2006-02-27T04:18:34Z")
I think it was PT Barnum that said… “Gimme that CAT!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/14 "2006-02-27T04:20:01Z")
> [@Whammo](#): > > I think it was PT Barnum that said… > “Gimme that CAT!!!” And that fish tail! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/15 "2006-02-27T04:21:03Z")
so to sum up… poor little kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/16 "2006-02-27T04:27:46Z")
> [@Whammo](#): > > so to sum up… poor little kitty. …and dont order the entree’ (…its only a hunch… lol…) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-photo/346254/17 "2006-02-27T04:29:41Z")
Here is a page with photos of the same abnormality in a human fetus: [http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=114](http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=114) Copy and paste the link, as it may not be work safe.