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To: teenyelliott

The photo is real. That kitten was born with a defect that is an element in the Holoprosencephaly Spectrum. HPE occurs when the corpus callosum of the forebrain fails to develop. There is a wide range of defects within the HPE Spectrum. Some defects are barely noticeable. The above defect is a very severe one. If you do a little research on the internet, you'll find some photos of human babies born with an identical defect. I'm not going to link any here because I don't want anyone to yell at me for posting links to photos that are likely to be very disturbing to some.


12 posted on 01/09/2006 9:01:38 PM PST by The Phantom FReeper (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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To: The Phantom FReeper
How do you explain the fact that this kitty, if a Ragdoll as the owner said, does not have a blue eye?

Ragdolls are offshoots of Siamese. They all have blue eyes. This kitty would not have the genetic information to produce brown.

13 posted on 01/09/2006 9:04:35 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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