Science fiction has done a great job at making the concept of genetic mutation so frightening that even thinking of it happening in real life following a nuclear disaster might send chills down one's spine.
Well, genetic mutations do happen in real life without it being an apocalyptic Fallout scenario. The results might vary, but it can just be an aesthetic change making you look unique and cool.
Animals are no different in that regard. Folks all over the internet are sharing the one-of-a-kind genetic mutations their pets were born with, and Bored Panda has gathered them all into this neat little list, so enjoy!
#1 Injury At Birth Left Rae With Only The Right Ear. As She Grew, It Migrated To The Top Of Her Head, Making Her A Unicorn
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#2 Meet Cinnamon. She Was Born With Ears That Look Like Cinnamon Rolls
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#3 This Is Heidi. She Has Vitiligo
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#4 Frankenkitten The Four-Eared, One-Eyed Cat From Victoria, Australia
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#5 My Rare Brown Cat Here. Here's Bodhi For Your Viewing Pleasure
He is a Suffolk Chocolate cat and has a very unique personality to match his rare brown coat. He is my best friend.
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#6 This Is Mr. Poppins. He Has No Teeth
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#7 A Black Vitiligo Kitty
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#8 My Dalmatian Is The Size Of A Corgi. He’s The Only One From His Litter To Have Chondrodysplasia (Canine Dwarfism)
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#9 I Met A 14-Year-Old Dog With Vitiligo This Morning
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#10 One Of My Bestie’s Kittens Has Dwarfism
He’s two months old and he’s barely the size of one of her pet rats. He is so small but so mighty. His name is Roger, and he’s a cutie.
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#11 This Is Mitch. He Has An Extra Vertebrae, So His Tail Is Extra Long. He Carries It On His Back Like A Squirrel
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#12 If You Never Saw One, Here Is An Albino Raccoon
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#13 My Beautiful Albino Ragdoll
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#14 Maximus Has Some Crazy Whiskers
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#15 First Time In My Life I Saw A Horse With A Mustache
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#16 My All-Black Cat Had Five All-White Kittens
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#17 My Friend's Cat Has A Comically Long Tail
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#18 Meet Mochi, Our Adorable Rescue Kitty With Three Legs, No Ears, And No Tail
Image credits: mochi.boston
#19 My Cat Olaf Has Heterochromia (One Green Eye, One Blue Eye) And When Photographed With A Flash On He Only Gets Red Eye In His Blue Eye
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#20 This Is Beaux Tox. He Was Born With A Facial Deformity
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#21 This Beautiful Dachshund With Vitiligo
#22 This Is My Handsome, Cross-Eyed Cat, Gus
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#23 The Absolute Ears On This Bunny
#24 Chocolate Brown Tuxedo Kitten
This was posted by a Northern Colorado TNR organization, shared with them by a trapper in Denver where this cutie was apprehended. They said that brown is a rare genetic mutation of the gene for black fur, and that they trapped another brown cat in the area. He’s already spoken for, so wish him a happy life off the streets!
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#25 Meet Quasimodo, The Dog With The Short Spine. Even If You’re Different You Can Still Enjoy Life
Image credits: QuasiTheGreat
#26 Scrappy, A Cat With Vitiligo
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#27 A Highlander Came In Today. 24 Toes In Total
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#28 A Permanently Startled Rescue Cat Shocks Social Media With His Sweet, Expressive Face
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#29 Blaze, The Vitiligo Labrador
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#30 My Friend's Cat Bianca Has Thumbs
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#31 Duo Is A Special Kitten With Two Faces On One Head. Duo Has A Condition Commonly Known As “Janus”, Also Known As Craniofacial Duplication
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#32 My Friend Ran Into This Cat Today. Never Seen This Combination Before
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#33 Meet Ivy, The Pitbull With Short Spine Syndrome. She Is A 3-Year-Old Queen Now
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#34 It's A Very Weird Webbing In My Cat's Eye (The Vet Has Checked It, Nothing Harmful)
Image credits: NoPay8943
#35 Full-Time Cat. Part-Time Gargoyle
This is Wilbur. He’s my soulmate! He is albino and the black crust is due to an autoimmune disease. He’s very happy and healthy.
Image credits: Spirited_Tomorrow169
#36 This Is Our Polydactyl Boy, Jax! He's Odd
Lynx-Siamese, for anyone wondering.
Image credits: MadCactusCreations
#37 Here’s A Pic Of My Chonky Rottweiler, Kaiser. He Was Born With Gigantism So He Was Absurdly Large As A Puppy And Is Still Large
Image credits: WraithKLM
#38 Met This Unique Gentleman At A Petting Zoo This Weekend
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#39 Our New Highlander Kitten... Polydactyl On All Four Paws And Curled Ears. We Love Our Unique Little Kitty
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#40 My Cat's Fangs Are So Long His Mouth Doesn't Close All The Way
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#41 I Met A Dog With 2 Noses At Work
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#42 Gioia And Her Beautiful Wavy Fur (Cornish Rex Cat)
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#43 Roo Was Born With A Condition Called Radial Hypoplasia Which Means That His Front Forelegs Are Abnormally Short And Twisted
This is where it all began, well one of his new beginnings anyway. As a tiny kitten (prior to this pic) someone witnessed someone else throwing something into a lake in a plastic bag and heard meowing. The person saved Roo and brought him to animal control where Florida Humane Society took him to treat him and find him a home.
Apparently, someone didn't think he deserved to live because he was different. He doesn't use his right front leg to put weight on so he is more or less a tripod cat when he walks and he stands in the position you see here. We think there is less bone in that right leg than the left leg since it never touches the ground. He was otherwise healthy and required no special treatment as cats born with this adapt very well to getting around having known life no other way. He was adopted out not long after this photo was taken.
Image credits: roothekangaroocat
#44 Unique Looking Akita
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#45 My Tiny Little Potato, Whose Ears Never Seemed To Grow
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#46 This Kitten From Sonoma Was Born With 24 Toes
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#47 My Dog Buster Has The Skin Condition Vitiligo. It Causes Depigmentation Of The Skin (And Fur). It's Been 9 Months Between These Pictures
Image credits: TallyMatty
#48 My Cat Has Wide-Spaced Eyes
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#49 Polly - Polydactyl, Checking In! 8 + 7 = My Two Front Feet
My name is Polly. I talk with my people, like cuddles, and I nibble on noses, ears, and hair because some monster left me in a dumpster before I was properly weaned. I have a good life and a good sister-friend Crackers now though.
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