[grey_whiskers]

Hmmm, *IF* this is true, and it is not due to industrial contamination causing the mutation...

This ought to put a big ol' hole in the creationist "hopeful monster" strawman.

Cheers!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Most things such as this (whether by exposure to toxic materials or genetic defects) occur in utero. This apparently happened after the cat was born, and even could have been mature.