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He may be two-faced, but this little kitten is still purr-fect
Cats are known for having nine lives, but a feline born with two faces is practically unheard of.
So you can imagine the shock on Renee Cook's face when her three-year-old cat Amber produced this cute little critter - who was born with two faces.
Miss Cook, of Amarillo in Texas, said she arrived home from work to find her three-year-old Persian and Calico mix had delivered a litter and was shocked when she discovered the two-faced kitten.
The special needs children's nurse said: "I picked it up and said, 'Oh my goodness, two faces'," she told the Amarillo Globe-News.
"I thought it was dead at first because it was cold. But then it started to wiggle and it kept wiggling and wiggling.
"He has a strong heartbeat and was kind of feisty. So now I'm thinking that it's going to live."
The kitten has two mouths, two noses and four eyes, but just two ears.
Ms Cook got some infant formula from a local hospital to feed the as-yet-unnamed kitten.
As the kitten has two mouths, it cannot nurse from its mother, leaving Ms Cook to fill in as surrogate."It can't nurse, but it will take formula," she said.
The kitten's unusual feature has also shocked the veterinary community which said births of this kind were very rare, and those that were born often didn't survive kitten-hood.
Veterinarian David Hodges said: "You don't see many adult cats like that, so the chances of a long-term survival are pretty slim."
However, two years ago, a cat with two heads was born in Arizona, America.Lil'Bit has not only beaten the odds by surviving but has gone on to live a healthy life.
So you can imagine the shock on Renee Cook's face when her three-year-old cat Amber produced this cute little critter - who was born with two faces.
Miss Cook, of Amarillo in Texas, said she arrived home from work to find her three-year-old Persian and Calico mix had delivered a litter and was shocked when she discovered the two-faced kitten.
The special needs children's nurse said: "I picked it up and said, 'Oh my goodness, two faces'," she told the Amarillo Globe-News.
"I thought it was dead at first because it was cold. But then it started to wiggle and it kept wiggling and wiggling.
"He has a strong heartbeat and was kind of feisty. So now I'm thinking that it's going to live."
The kitten has two mouths, two noses and four eyes, but just two ears.
Ms Cook got some infant formula from a local hospital to feed the as-yet-unnamed kitten.
As the kitten has two mouths, it cannot nurse from its mother, leaving Ms Cook to fill in as surrogate."It can't nurse, but it will take formula," she said.
The kitten's unusual feature has also shocked the veterinary community which said births of this kind were very rare, and those that were born often didn't survive kitten-hood.
Veterinarian David Hodges said: "You don't see many adult cats like that, so the chances of a long-term survival are pretty slim."
However, two years ago, a cat with two heads was born in Arizona, America.Lil'Bit has not only beaten the odds by surviving but has gone on to live a healthy life.
Spooky shrunken heads buried in the garden? No, they’re just seed pods, says expert
No-one wants to make a grizzly discovery at the bottom of their garden, especially when it comes in the shape of four tiny shrunken heads.Luckily for Nasreem Khan these miniature skulls were harmless seed pods rather than human remains.
Miss Khan had been making the most of the unseasonal sunshine by doing a spot of gardening when she dug up the skull-like objects attached to a stalk.Not only did they bear and startling resemblance to human heads, they came complete with tiny teeth.She was so terrified by the unusual discovery that she ran straight to a neighbour's house."I was just doing a bit of tidying up when I came across this strange thing," said Nasreem."It is so bizarre I just can't get over it."
"I have to admit it spooked me a bit, I wasn't quite sure what I had come across but it was a little frightening."What I saw were four perfectly formed tiny skulls attached to a stalk."I rushed around to my neighbour's house saying I had found a skull plant. She didn't know what I was talking about until I showed her."The mystery has been solved by Dr Ian Rotherham, who directs the Tourism and Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University.He said: "Bizarre as it appears it is nothing to worry about. What Nasreem found was a seed head and I think it could be Aquilegia."It is more commonly known as Columbine and is perfectly harmless."
Not only are the freaky little faces, which were unearthed in Sheffield, perfectly innocent, but the seed pod is apparently quite a common feature in the average garden."It's not a common plant in the wild but it is often found in domestic gardens," added Dr. Rotherham. "It does look a bit sinister, like shrunken heads."
Not only are the freaky little faces, which were unearthed in Sheffield, perfectly innocent, but the seed pod is apparently quite a common feature in the average garden."It's not a common plant in the wild but it is often found in domestic gardens," added Dr. Rotherham. "It does look a bit sinister, like shrunken heads."
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