Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Lilly the Four-Eared Cat

A four-eared German kitten has been given a new home after a German animal shelter was deluged with requests to adopt the animal born six months ago with the genetic defect.

...The shelter in the foothills of the Alps in southern Germany received dozens of calls after local media published pictures of Lilly. Reuters, which reported the kitten's search for a home on Wednesday, also received numerous offers from readers around the world eager to adopt her or make donations to the shelter.

..."She is not a mutant," Loedermann said. "She's just a plain and ordinary kitten."

...Lilly, born on a farm near the winter resort town famous for hosting the 1936 Winter Olympics, has an extra pair of slightly smaller, non-hearing ears just behind the normal two. Vets have attributed the phenomenon to a gene malfunction.

She says "mutant" like it's a bad thing. Lilly may be a sweet kitty, but a second set of ears isn't normal.

Show me a cat with a mutation that makes them listen and obey when I say "no" and then I'll be impressed.