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07-26-2002, 10:32 AM | #1 |
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7/26/2002: Siamese-sextuplet kittens
I'm not sure what you call this. I guess the proper term is "conjoined litter" but not really "siamese kittens", which would be the product of a siamese momma cat. All six of these kittens are joined - somewhere! It happened in South Korea. The mother, "Nabi" ("Butterfly") gave birth to these four females and two males. They don't know whether it was the result of environmental conditions or just plain genetic defect. No word on whether they'll live or whether there'll be any attempt to separate. I'm guessing they are gone by now... sad. And I just don't want to think of what kind of birthing process it must've took to eject these buggers. Ow. And if they did live, and remained attached, and grew, I wonder how they'd get around? Rolling, I'd guess! Here's another shot. Pretty wild. |
07-26-2002, 10:58 AM | #2 |
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When you mentioned movement, I immediately thought Tazmanian Devil, Warner Bros not Jags neighbors. It would have been neat to watch them learn to cooperate, unless they didn't and that'd just be animal cruelty.
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07-26-2002, 10:59 AM | #3 |
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Damn...that is one hell of a mutation. What are the chances of this happening? I would imagine in the billions.
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07-26-2002, 11:15 AM | #4 |
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These don't look like happy animals who are enjoying life, Toad. I think you got yesterday and today backwards!
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07-26-2002, 11:19 AM | #5 |
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And of course, the question that this begs to answer is:
If you throw a ball-o'-kittens into the air, which side does it land on? I bet whoever came up with "cats always land on their feet" feels pretty stupid right about now. |
07-26-2002, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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if you stick toast that's been buttered on them, do we have a levitational device?
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07-26-2002, 04:51 PM | #7 |
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Sounds fishy...
Normally, in humans anyway, conjoined twins must be identical twins, and therefore must be the same sex (and color, for that matter). Identical twins happen when a fertilized egg splits into two separate embryos; conjoined twins happen when this process only goes part-way. So these kittens are either something different and even weirder, or a hoax...
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07-26-2002, 05:04 PM | #8 |
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hmm... I thought I read somewhere that fraternal twins could grow into each each other like that and they'd each have a complete set of organs... or was it frat brothers not having an organ among them? I fergit.
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07-26-2002, 05:32 PM | #9 |
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You know, the two Koreas are still at war. Maybe this is the North's first strike...
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07-27-2002, 11:41 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Sounds fishy...
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This (if true) must be due to environmental oddities -- krazy glue? - Pie
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07-28-2002, 10:10 AM | #11 |
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Well, they really are joined... if you look at the bottom, those are like 4 little anuses there, and the "U" of brown is all body with two heads...
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04-13-2006, 11:26 AM | #12 |
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There are 5 kittens in the top picture, and no hint that a little orange kitten is underneath them, with one kitten facing down. In the bottom picture there are 6 kittens, all facing up. Plus, there are two orange kittens on the outside, where in the top photo, the orange ones are more scattered.
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From here
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04-13-2006, 07:08 PM | #14 |
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Korea? As in China or Japan, they are obviously glutinous kittens.
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04-13-2006, 08:12 PM | #15 |
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I grew up in the country. We had alot of animals. I saw alot of kittens being born. I've also worked with disabled kids who were malformed. From my experience they seem too round and perfect. It has to be a hoax. Being the curious truth seeker I am I searched some other conjoined kitten pictures.
Ha! and I found your picture at the bottom of the page! One of the kittens died and they stuck to it like the article suggests.http://messybeast.com/freak-conjoined.htm |
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