Posted on 08/19/2008 8:51:02 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
This four-eared cat is so rare that his owners keep him indoors to prevent him getting catnapped.
The feline, named Yoda, has two extra “flaps” behind his normal ears, but is otherwise in good health and appears to have perfect hearing.
His owners, who picked him out from a litter of eight-week-old kittens being handed around in a bar, say that local vets were mystified when they took him for a check-up.
"We began to realise that we had something very special,” said Valerie Rock, 65.
"As a result, he has been an indoor cat and has a chip installed in case he gets lost,” she added.
"Yoda is so different that we were concerned that he might be catnapped.”
Valerie and her husband Ted, from Chicago, Illinois named the cat Yoda after hearing that the Star Wars character was based on George Lucas's cat.
"People do a double take when they see him or his picture. It is great fun showing him off,” Mrs Rock said.
"We have actually had people ask if we had his ears cut to look this way. But he is a perfectly normal affectionate, curious cat and is a joy to have around.”
Yoda's extra ears – which are not thought to help him hear - are not attached to the base of his skull, with one placed slightly behind the other. They are believed to be the result of a genetic mutation.
Multi-eared cats are rare, but not unheard of. In 2004, a six-month-old cat with two extra ears was put up for adoption at an animal shelter in Germany, and in the same year Russian media reported that a kitten had been born with seven ears.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It’s a DEVIL-CAT!! AAAAAHHH!!!!
That cat looks earily strange.
Two sets of ears? I'm outta here. Follow me if you want to live.
/johnny
His two ears in the center look like devil horns, but he’s a cutie. I’d love him just the same as a cat with two ears. :)
Yoda? Sounds Japanese.
LMAO! Brilliant!
No?
It is just kitty... cool ;-)
Nice!
Yoda has a very sweet expression, which is good since he really does look like a devil cat! LOL!
Wonder if he’s fixed? They should have bred him. That’s how most new cat breeds get started — somebody finds a barn cat with “something extra.”
We had a cat with 8 toes on each of his front paws, we called him yetti. 3 other cats in the same litter also had extra toes but not as many as 8. They were all functional also.
Ping to post #8 - this is too good to pass up!
Nice!
I wouldn’t want to run into that thing in a dark alley.
I’d probably shoot it 13 times with my .45, by just reacting to the sight of it lol!
The feline, named Yoda, has two extra “flaps” behind his
normal ears, but is otherwise in good health and appears
to have perfect hearing.
LOL!
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