Gemini - Cat born with two faces
Oregon Cat Born With Two Faces
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
(06-16) 19:57 PDT Roseburg, Ore. (AP) --
A newborn kitten recently entered the world with two faces and, hopefully, at least nine lives. Gemini was born Sunday with two mouths, two tongues, two noses and four eyes.
"I kind of feel sorry for her, because I can't know for a fact if she's going to live or die," its owner, Lee Bluetear of Glide, told the (Roseburg) News-Review. "If she makes it, she should be a perfectly normal and healthy cat. Other than having two faces."
Roseburg veterinarian Alan Ross, who examined the kitten on Tuesday, said he can't estimate the kitten's life span. He said when he first saw the kitten, he wouldn't have given her more than a 10 percent chance of survival.
"With the three of our veterinarians here, we have a combined total of 50 years of experience," Ross said. "We have never seen anything like this."
Bluetear, 40, said Gemini is much stronger and drinking more milk than in its first few days. Ross said that if the kitten does survive, it might need surgery to remove the extra tissue in between its two mouths.
Bluetear has been breeding different kinds of animals, starting with dogs, since 1980. Roughly three years ago, she discovered a litter of smaller than normal kittens she calls "miniature cats."
She now has plans to market the miniature cats, which grow to about 4 pounds, on the Internet.
Gemini was born to a miniature mother and a full-size father.
"Everybody is totally amazed that this thing exists," Bluetear said.
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Information from: The News-Review,
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Re: Gemini - Cat born with two faces
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Originally posted by RedHedd
"Everybody is totally amazed that this thing exists," Bluetear said.
This thing ?!?!? THIS THING ?!?!?! This thing as she calls the poor little girl is a living breathing gift. And she created her this way. If there is anything that is "THIS THING" it would be her. People like that make me so angry what gives them the right to play god and then when they create a "BOOBOO" call it a THING? And really have no more concern, compassion or regret for what they have done.
I hope that Gemini makes it and I hope this women is stopped from trying to create a new breed of cat. She doesn't seem to give a crap about what she has done and she seems to be planning on continuing to do it and try to make a profit at it too. What the hell is wrong with some people can someone tell me that?
