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Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was one of two in the litter. Its sibling was born normal and healthy. (AP Photo/Traci Allen)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060109/480/nyet27501091906

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bratwurst

I saw that a few days ago on drudge. It kind of made me sad. I felt really bad for that cat.

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Chris_Sanders

Me too. Poor little thing. Cats predominantly breathe through their noses. It probably suffered a lot before it passed away.

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Jersey Girl

Is this for real? I thought kittens didn't open their eyes for a while after being born.

bratwurst

without knowing anything about the story besides what has been reported in that caption, I would think with such a huge deformity it is possible that the kitten was born without the eyelid?

However, that was a pretty good catch on your part and a good question.

Its almost like during development, the two sides of the face didn't properly form and seperate, so the nose, being inbetween those two sides, never formed.

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arthurracoon

from the picture, it doesnt look like it had an eyelid.

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boisesuns

That cat has more eyes that the refs in the Suns-Knicks game a few weeks ago.

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Chris_Sanders

The AP has stated the picture is real.

The poor kitten was born with only one eye, no eyelid, and no nose. It lived about 24 hours.

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