Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Update: Some have questioned the authenticity of the photo, but the condition responsible is known as holoprosencephaly and the AP has confirmed the pictures were not faked. Also, the woman whose cat delivered it still has the kitten in her freezer, though she says she won't be selling it on eBay. You'll just have to grow your own.
Update 2: PZ Myers brings the science. In fact, he can build you a one-eyed fish, though it doesn't have much of a shelf life.
TrackBackAnd here I was thinking that we were going to get more space pictures.
Posted by: tweedledopey at January 10, 2006 09:03 AMHard to believe a newborn kitten's eye is so clear and wide open, especially when it has so many obvious health issues, eh?
Posted by: gen at January 10, 2006 09:55 AMMaybe, though the deformity has been seen previously.
Posted by: apostropher at January 10, 2006 10:36 AMSword of Omens... give me sight beyond sight!
/too obscure?
Posted by: GaijinBiker at January 10, 2006 11:24 AMoooh. Thundercats. I knew it was one of my childhood cartoons. Shoulda been able to guess...
Posted by: tweedledopey at January 10, 2006 11:49 AMHate to be cold about this, but if true how adorable is a genetic defect.
Posted by: Dave McLeod at January 10, 2006 11:32 PMRemeber, holoprosencephaly is the genetic disorder supposedly latent within everybody's favorite Scientologist.
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at January 11, 2006 07:43 PM