This cat(s) is/are called Frank and Louie, and (by now) 13 years old it is the longest living two-faced cat ever. He/They live(s) in Massachusetts, in the care of a loving woman only known as Marty. He/They suffer(s) from a condition called Disprosopus, a genetic disease that caused him to grow two faces. This malfunction is not only found in cats but also in other animals. The latest case noted in a human was the Indian girl Lali Singh, who unfortunately died two months after birth of a heart attack.
Don’t you find this fascinating? I wonder if people like this would survive longer (and if cats can do it, why not?) perhaps calling someone “two-faced” would get a different connotation…
Watch a video with an interview with pet owner Marty here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dYFwpQZ9Gg
Article in the LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/30/news/la-heb-two-faced-cat-diprosopus-20110930
Forms of nature.
My friend Josh painted a picture of Frank and Louie. They are pretty amazing!
http://laughingsquid.com/frank-and-louie-an-illustration-of-the-two-faced-cat-by-josh-ellingson/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29
That’s so awesome! Thanks for sharing!