Cy, The Cyclops Kitten

by Jimmy Akin

in Science

Cy_kittenThis is a picture of Cy, short for "cyclops."

He’s a kitten that, as you can see, was born with only one eye.

He’s also really cute–in a slightly disturbing way.

What’s amazing to me is how good he looks despite his deformity. I mean, cyclops beasts don’t usually look that good in movies, much less in real life.

Unfortunately, Cy, as cute as he was, did not stay with us long. He lived only one day from his birth.

But his image touched millions via the Internet after Drudge picked up the story.

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It dosent seem to be a photoshop trick, it appeares that Cy dosent have eye lids and that may be the reason that his eye is open after 1 day of birth. He is adorable, in a strange way thoughl, I wish he could have lived longer though, its a shame for young animals-and humans- to die so young...

Oh! By the way, kittens and puppies open their eyes at 10 days or thereabouts providing everything in their tiny skulls is developed properly (which was not Cy's case).

Like the cow born with six limbs or the snake hatched with two heads, Cy was just proof that sometimes things go awry in development. I am so glad that he was born to a family that cared for him and loved him in his one day on this planet. I nursed a kitten from birth who only survived 39 hours (her mother had abandoned her). Sometimes the mortal defect is not so obvious as Cy's, but while the little ones are here, it's amazing how they touch your life! Little Love.

there is no way this kitten is real. all kittens don't open their eye[s] until about a week after birth, but this kitten opened its eye the day of it's birth.thus, this kitten story is false.

Lol people are dumb to think this is fake.
Obviously you know nothing about the medical world.
or photoshop.
i love cy. ^-^
If only he was born with a nose, he might still be with us.

You all might be wondering why I keep posting comments. Well, I have a lot of things to say at different times. Look, that kitten could have grown up to be a famous movie star! See, that can actually happen up in heaven. I believe all of you sad people, but think about my advice. Feel happy for the kitten; he wouldn't have a good life down here, and all cats die at a time, so IT'S NO DIFFERENT ALREADY!!!!!
Posted by Kayla, a very happy christian believer of God.

Like Alysia said, the kitten would have lived a very painful life, and he probably feels a lot happier and better in heaven.That is where he can live his usual life perfectly, and live very, very, very long. Just think about how happy he probably is now.... don't you feel happy for him, and feel that his death should have happened so he didn't live a painful life?
By: Kayla, a true christian believer of God.

That kitten is so dang cute!!! Sinceall things do have a living purpose, I believe God put the kitten there to make the family feel happy.... for one day. And he probably made the kitten die because he knew the family had something else on their mind that they shouldn't have. I feel sorry for the poor thing, but if God wants it, I'm okay with it, and it needs to happen. But don't worry too much, I have 5 cats, and used to have 8 kittens that all except one had a tragedy death. Look at the beginning of that sentence. God did have a purpose for them dieing, but in a replacable way, he gave me five other cats, and one of them is still the one who barely survived... 5 years ago. He does have a special condition, but at least I have him. So God will replace the family's kitten somehow, and keep this on your mind. "God has a purpose for everything;when one bad thing can happen, God comforts you with another good thing. DO NOT FEAR GOD OR WORRY, just believe he will help you, and you will truly believe who he is on the day of a miracle."

i think that the person that took this photo and put it on the internet is coldhearted enough!!!! the poor thing couldnt help being deformed so why humiliate him on his only day of life!?!?! SHAME ON YOU FOR POSTING THIS PICTURE!!!!!!

How discusting are all you people saying this is a fake because its not. Face it or not mother nature has brought in some creatures that are different and this is one of them.Cyclops are creatures that don't have eyelids and if you used your commen sense you would be able to see that he is not a normal kitten. Cy is cute and I wish he was able to live a little longer. R.I.P Cy rest with god.

this is the coolest monkey ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww so cute
oh no ive started crying dont wanna talk anymore

poor little kitty...oh! its sooo sad and the kitty is sooo cute. i love that poor helpless kitty and it looks so sad :(

Even if this is fake I still think hes cute :)

i have never seen a cyclops kitten before and it was very interesting to see one. i feel bad that he or she didnt live long. when i first saw the kitten and read the story i started balling my eyes out and i could imagine how you must have felt. it would have been hard for me too.my cat had four kittens and three of them didnt make it. they only lived for three or four days.

Poor Cy! [Lol, when I first saw his pci, I thought he was a one-eyes monkey XD]

shame! shame! shame! on all u how r evil and yes they r evil because u dont have to want to take over the world to be evil so
just shame! those who belive in little cy im am glad. but those who say he should have lived i wish u 2 know that im sure he is happier now with god and he would have lived a painful life. he would have had 2 go around with his mouth open 2 breath and he would probably choke a whole lot trying to eat and breath at the same time. shame for the day of malnurishment he suffered.
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to: CY
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he looks so cute its so sad that he died it must have been hard for him to beath with out a nose.

Yeah so not real wanna know why it ain't real it is cause when kittens are born it takes 2 weeks before there eyes are open and if it died the first day it was born like you put down it did his eye wounldn't be open so haha and plus you would end up being famous for it and then they would take it and put it in a jar and presevre it for many years to come to show other people so this is a fake!!!!

Kittens are born w/there eyes closesed. They remain that way for about two weeks.
Amazing if true, but honestly it go's against the laws of nature.

I have no idea if that is a real photo, or a joke. But i feel bad for it. it is probably very happy were it lives, and its family must love him. sincerly, amanda. I am so sorry for him, but lso happy that he lived.

people r probly wondering why I just posted 5 times in 2 hours. Because I just got back from a vacation, so I haven't checked my email in 4 weeks ( I kept putting it off after I got back three weeks ago) And 4 some reason it seems like in those 4 weeks, every one i know sent me funny little sayings, stories, and jokes. I only posted 4 out of about 20. Those were the funniest in the bunch.

A rich, holy man has a dream, and in it, God tells him he is going to die, but because the man was so holy, God tells him he can bring 1 suitcase to heaven with him. So the next morning, the man goes out and buys himself the biggest suitcase he can find, and fills it so full of gold bullion that he has to have his 600 pound friend sit on it to get it closed. the next day he dies, and when he gets to heaven (panting and wheezing from carrying the suitcase) , he is greeted at the gates by the apostle Paul. Paul says,"I'm sorry sir, but no suitcases alowed." the holy man tells him that God said he could bring the suitcase. Paul then says, " all right sir, you can bring it in, but I have to see what's in it." So the holy man opens the suitcase and shows the gold to Paul. Paul then turns to Matthew who is helping gaurd the gates, and whith a broad smile on his face says, "Matt, this guy nearly killed himself again, just to bring along a suitcase of driveway patch!"
Joke courtesy of my dad.

"think...it's not illegal yet."
-my two cents courtesy of Diana

A holy man was having a
conversation with the Lord one day and said,
'Lord, I would like to know what
Heaven and Hell are like.'
The Lord led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.
In the middle of the room was a large round table.
In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew,
which smelled delicious and made the holy man's
mouth water.
The people sitting around the table were thin and
sickly. They appeared to be famished.
They were holding spoons with very long handl es
that were strapped to their arms
and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.
But because the handle was longer than their arms,
they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their
misery and suffering.
The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'
They went to the next room and opened the door.
< FONT colo r=#cc33cc>It was exactly the same as the first one.
There was the large round table with the large pot
of stew which made the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons,
but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, 'I don't understand.'
'It is simple,' said the Lord.
'It requires but one skill. You see they have learned
to feed each other, while the
greedy thi nk on ly of themselves.'
When Jesus died on the cross, he was
thinking of you. It's estimated 93% won't forward
this.
If you are one of the 7%
who will, forward this with the title '7%'.
I'm in the 7%.
Remember that I will always share my spoon with you.
Thanks 2 Kat 4 this I'm sharing it with everybody I know.

This is the rest of Britney's email. Thanks to Tallie for Forwarding it to her.
The man who built the Titanic
After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be.
With an ironic tone he said:
'Not even God can sink it'
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.
He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.
After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said:
'I don't need your Jesus'.
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment
Bon Scott (Singer)
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:
'Don't stop me; I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell'.
On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.
Campinas (IN 2005)
In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend.....
The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter holding her hand, who was already seated in the car:
'My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.'
She responded: 'Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here.....It's Already Full '
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died,
the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact.
The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none was broken
Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)
said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.
Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.
Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive.
'Jesus'
PS: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone.
So are you going to have courage to send this?.
I have done my part, Jesus said
'If you are embarrassed about me,
I will also be embarrassed about you before my father.'
You are my 8 in 8 seconds. I am not breaking this. No way!
I'M TOLD THIS WORKS!!!!! Bishop T.D. Jakes '8 Second Prayer.' Just repeat this prayer and see how God moves!!
'Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen.'
Pass this message to 8 people {EXCEPT YOU AND ME}.You will receive a miracle tomorrow. I Hope that you don't ignore and
let God bless you.
Everyone who reads this counts. Do not ignore.
P.S.
hate to be the guy who built the Titanic. all those deaths hanging on your head, all for what you said...

whoa. This is an excerpt from one of the emails my friend Britney sent me.
Subject: FW: Untimely Deaths
-------Original Message-------
Subject: Untimely Deaths
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS?
I SURE DIDNT TILL NOW
Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this.....
Very interesting, read until the end.....
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
'Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man sow,that shall he also reap.
Here are some men and women, who mocked God :
John Lennon (Singer):
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:'Christianity will end, it will disappear.I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him' (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.
Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):
During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.
Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):
During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro )while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:'God, that's for you.'
He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner.
more in next post

Poor thing he's so cute. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. We must dwell on the fact that God has a master plan and everything happens for a reason. We must not ask why? But understand that God has a perfect purpose for us.

J.R.Stoodley-
You're right. this is akin to a YouTube chat.
(I find the discussions on here far more entertainig though.;)
-Godlover
P.S. anyone heard from Bill912 recently? He hasn't posted in a while.

I too had a kitten born with one eye many years ago. It's eye was open at birth, it had no eyelids. It also had a teeny nose with only one extremely small nostril. The poor thing died the next day. The vet said it was because 1. it could not breath and nurse at the same time. 2. it was not getting enough oxygen through its nose, and even though it had a mouth, it was slightly deformed inside and would not have been able to breathe properly nor eat or drink.
Yes, kittens ARE born with their eyes closed...hence the deformity.
I think all of the posters claiming this is a hoax and making disgustinly rude comments should be ashamed of themselves. Jimmy shared this precious kitten with us, and we should not be judging him or calling him a liar.
RIP Cy.

This is starting to look like a combox on Youtube. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

T_T aww poor Cy. it sure does suck that he/she only lived a day. godbless maybe he/shes in a better place now..

I found out how the kittenh could have died look up the word holoprosencephaly, that might be the reason why Cy died.

OMG..LOOKING AT HIM AND THEN READING THAT HE DIDNT MAKE IT...BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES...I JUS GOT A 3 WEEK OLD NEWBORN KITTEN NOT EVEN A WEEK AGO AND I COULDNT IMAGINE ONE PASSING AWAY REGARDLESS OF THE PHYSICAL APPERANCE...

That poor little thing!!! I really wish that the little guy lived so then he would be happy and he really is cute sure he may have 1 eye but hes still a cute little kitten.

The natives are restless....

SDG its NOT Photoshopped!
How many timez do I have to tell you?!?
You're just a loser. You don't even feel sad. I feel sad. Cy is cuter than you. He'z real.
I'm not even kidding. I can't believe you think it's not real. It is real. Cy is cuter than your cat. I'll bet you don't even have a cat.
You don't even have cats.
It's real.
Dude.
How can you say it's not real?
It's so totally real it's not a hoax cuz CY just wuz born that way because he was supposed to teach us how to love and to be loved and CY just needs us to luv him so puhleeeez watch yourself dude and be nice it's not a hoax.
CY is totally real and if anyone thinks he'z not then they can go and find another cat to love becuase CY is my friend and I would never photoshop my friend would you I know I wouldn't.
I can't believe you he's so cute and you make me sad SDG.
Oh wait. I just saw something.
Ok maybe it's a hoax bye.

This post is cursed. One can't type properly-worded posts. :-)

SDG,
Some of these posts are so poorly...well, poor, that I don't know whether are, like yours, a parody. '-)

Hey!
I never noticed --
how CUTE he was!
Don't you feel sad!
I feel sad!
and he was CUTE! In an ugly way. An ugly cute way!
Except maybe it's a hoax. You can tell it was Photoshopped.
Irregardless, he's sooooooooo CUTE!
Did you know irregardless wasn't really a word?
Cute!
Hoax!
Irregardless!

I think that the little guy was cute! Poor guy!

oh my god that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooooooo sad i feel soooooooooooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooooo sorry for the poor littly thing it must be sooooooo hard for it
by
sam
ok
i feel sooo sorry for it
ok by
for real
by
sam
i still feel sorry or the little thing
its just soo
sooo
sooo
sooo
sooo
sooo
sooo
sorry for it
sam

i do eleive this is true the reason his eye is open is because e doesn'thae an yelid i think CY is rea it is not a hoax that is just cruel if you are mean enough to think someone would lie about someting like this so please beleive it
R.I.P LITTLE Cyclops everyone (who beleives) will mis you

This is a disease called Fraser's Syndrome, also known as cyclopism. It can occur in all mammals, including humans. This is a very rare disease caused by an abberrant mutation in the sonic Hedgehog receptor pathway (I'm not kidding, that's what its actually called)that is one of the factors that controls embryonic and fetal development. What happens is the 2 eyes will fuse into one, and part of the brain never develops (the forebrain), as well as other mutations.He cannot see out of that eye. The poor little guy would never have survived for long, but at least he was loved by someone

hi
i like cheese
kitten with 1 eye......cool
hahahahahaha
bye bye!
i said bye bye
will you go already???!!!!
im warning you!
GGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok im tired of this now
byebye!
xxx

I think he is very cute but I think he's gonna give me nightmares. With that one eye, staring at you with it's cold glassy look!

I think he is very cute but I think he's gonna give me nightmares. With that one eye, staring at you with it's cold glassy look!

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