Did you know that the beautiful Scottish Fold felines have their distinctive folded ears due to natural dominant mutation in the Fd gene? Or that Manx cats, a breed originating from the Isle of Man, have a small stub instead of a tail due to a naturally occurring mutation?
Well, some of the genetic anomalies can result in very interesting differences in physical appearance. Just think of Instagram’s supawstars like Midas the cat taking the internet by storm with its four ears, or the deceased Grumpy Cat whose ‘grumpy appearance’ was due to underbite and feline dwarfism.
So this post is about the tricks of nature that resulted in unusual and occasionally even wholesome genetic surprises in the animal kingdom. After you’re done with this post, be sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous feature about unique-looking pets!
#1 Meet Narnia, A Rare Two Faced Cat
This blue-eyed kitten’s face was precisely divided into two halves: a gray half and a black half, and everyone was surprised when they first saw him.
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#2 Zeus The German Shepherd Dog With Dwarfism
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#3 She Has The Most Gorgeous Eyes
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#4 This Stunning Cat With Striking Two Coloured Eyes Due To A Rare Genetic Condition
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#5 Rainbow Reticulated Python. Just Another Reminder That There Are So Many Beautiful Things In This World That Are Underappreciated – Including Snakes
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#6 This Is Fanny. She Has A Rare Skin Condition Called Vitiligo, Causing Her Hair To Depigment
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#7 Holy Toebeans Big Foot
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#8 Cat With 4 Ears
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#9 I Foster With My Local Shelter And Received A Litter With One Kitten Who Has Dwarfism. She’s Half The Size Of Her Littermates. Highly Criminal. Just Dastardly
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#10 Feel Free To Boop Or High Five The Snoot
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#11 This Cat Must Have A Secret Identity
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#12 My Cat Has A Genetic Mutation That Makes Her Eyes Weird, Her Sight Is Perfect
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#13 My Girl Has Vitiligo. She Was Solid Black When We Got Her, And Every Year She Gets A Few More Spots
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#14 Frankie, One-Eyed Kitty With Four Ears Finds A Foster Home
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#15 Dexter And His Abnormally Long Tail
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#16 People Always Tell Me My Cat Has The Most Beautiful Eyes
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#17 Found This Bunny With Unique Markings- Wanted You To Know That You’re Unique. You’re Loved. Just Like This Bun
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#18 Meet Pixel, My Beautiful Kitten With Heterochromia
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#19 Rowdy Met A New Friend Today. This Is Marcus And He Has Such A Great Attitude About His Vitiligo. He Thinks It’s Pretty Cool
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#20 I Am A Little Tiger… Vitiligo
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#21 I Saw An Adult German Shepherd That’s Diagnosed With Dwarfism Today And It’s The Cutest Thing I Saw All Year
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#22 I Was Told My New Rescue Pup Has The Rarest Of Ears
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#23 Elli Was Born With Tuxedo Markings And Turned Almost Completely White In Three Years Due To Vitiligo
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#24 New Housemate Has More Thumbs Than I Was Expecting
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#25 A Golden Retriever With A Rare Black Patch On Its Face
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#26 Spade, The Albino Doberman
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#27 House Cat Suffering From Myostatin-Related Muscle Hypertrophy – A Rare Condition That Causes Muscles To Grow Excessively Large
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#28 Frankie Was The Only One In A Litter Of Sixteen That Was Born With A Limb Difference
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#29 Supernumerary Teeth
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#30 Meet Avgust, The Extraterrestrial Albino Dog From Moscow, Russia
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#31 Did Anyone Say Dalmatian Pied? Hands-Down One Of The Most Unique Pieds I’ve Ever Seen
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#32 Those Ears
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#33 Eggleston Has Some Extra Toes
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#34 My Cat Pickles. He Was Born Without An Ear
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#35 I Would Show Off Too, If I Had Paws As Cute As This
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#36 My Curled Ear Girl
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#37 Bernese Mountain Dog With Vitiligo
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#38 Astrex Bunnies. A Rare Rex Fur Mutation, Have Curly Coats. Little Sheep Bunnies
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#39 My Cat Has One Little Curly Whisker
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#40 This Cat That Lives At The Parking Lot At My Job Has Extra Toes
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#41 Local Pet Rescue/Shelter Had Someone Drop Off A Male Kitten That Was Born With 2 Faces
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#42 This Rottweiler With Vitiligo Is Gorgeous
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#43 This Is A Ghoulish Creature. I Recently Learned That She Is A Lykoi Cat. It’s A Rare Natural Mutation. She’s Extremely Vocal And Affectionate
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#44 Please Do Not Support Unethical Doberman Breeders Who Purposely Create Dogs Affected With Albinism. Too Many Health Issues Plague These Sensitive Canines As They Age
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#45 A Cat With Two Functional Noses That Came To The Clinic I Work At
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#46 This Is Jinx – He Was Born With One Ear
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#47 Ranger Is A Fully Grown German Shepherd With Dwarfism
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#48 This Is Dino. He Has Dwarfism. He’s A Very Small Boy
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#49 A Python With Piebald Mutation
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#50 These Boys Have A Rare Genetic Condition And Just Got To The Us From PR And Clearly They’re Happy To Be Here
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