Oh You've Got To Be Kitten Me

The photo shown above is not Tinker Toy since his photo was not provided, but of a Himalayan Persian kitten.

                                Born the runt of a litter of six kittens on 25 December 1990, this cat grew to expectations as the world's smallest cat; only growing up to be a whopping 19 cm.  A male, blue point Himalayan Persian named Tinker Toy grew up in custody of  Katrina and Scott Forbes in Taylorville, Illinois. Tinker Toy only lived to be six years until passing away, on November 1997.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-10000/smallest-cat-ever/

Den In The Parking Lot

              
                New behavioral habits have been coming from coyotes living in Seashore beach; nine coyotes were found begging at cars, hoping to get a midnight snack. Coyote's natural appetite mainly consists of  rodents, small animals, pets, but also scavenge road kill, garbage, and even pet food . These scavengers will eat anything they can get their paws on, and sources of predicted human-provided food can make a coyote to act tame and could lead to strange behavior. Because of the increasing number of coyotes coming in, rangers have also increased in number to monitor the parking lot and beach.

These behaviors were caused by us by foolishly illegally offering them food, such as bags of dog food and piles of fish guts and fish heads in the parking lot. Rangers are prohibiting people to give these animals anymore food for safety reasons and to maintain their natural diet.

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131105/NEWS/311050333/-1/NEWS11

Two Heads Are Better Than One

             

                               Out of several turtles being hatched in the San Antonio Zoo, employees are finding it hard to maintain a head count. A female cooter turtle was born with not one head, but two heads; named Thelma and Louise. Fortunately, the two-headed turtle appears healthy and is able to function properly, being able to  swim and walk. Most born like this don't survive long in the wild, but experts claim that she will be able to live healthily.

This birth deformity is called Polycephaly, found in many occurrences. Although not common, this is not a rare abnormality and has been documented many times before. Polycephaly is an extreme case of conjoined twins. How this happens is, depending on when the split happens between the embryos, twins can either grow in their own sac with their own placenta or they can share a sac and placenta which allows them to share a body.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/two-headed-turtle_n_3504540.html

Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing?

           Most assume that Cyclopia is only associated with Mythology, often referring to Cyclopes in stories, but this is a real birth defect that is still found today. In this case, it's found in an albino, fetal dusky shark discovered within it's mother's womb caught off the Gulf of California. Experts affirm that this is real, after thoroughly examining the shark. This meant that if he'd been born it wouldn't have survived long. 'Less than 50 recorded examples have been found with this abnormality', says biologist Felipe Galván-Magaña.This cryptic creature has encouraged many mythical enthusiasts, spurring them into presenting their findings.

There is not always that much known about the causes of cyclopia. One potential cause of cyclopia is a toxin found in the plant Veratrum Californicum. However it is common that it may occur 4 times in 1000 births.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/18/albino-cyclops-shark-is-real-experts-say/