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Two-Faced Kitten Born Healthy In Port Charlotte, Florida (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 02/ 1/2012 11:00 am Updated: 02/ 1/2012 11:16 am

Many people believe cats have nine lives. This one really has two faces.

This extremely rare two-faced black cat -- appropriately named Harvey Dent after the Two-Face character in the Batman series -- was born healthy and adorable in Port Charlotte, Fla., this week, WWSB ABC-7 reported.

Naturally, the kitten's humans, Nash Hand and his wife Amanda Forsythe, couldn't believe what they saw.

"[She said] 'What are you talking about? What do you mean two faces?' I said it has two faces! This cat has two faces!" Hand said, according to the station.

Forsyth told media outlets that the mini kitty has four eyes, two tiny mouths and two noses -- and they all seem to work.

"They simultaneously work together, the two faces," Forsyth said. "When he eats on one side it looks like he is eating on the other. When he meows it comes out of both sides."

But when the couple asked for help on Craigslist, they received quite the opposite. Forsyth said people told her to kill the cat, that it was a "beast" and an "abomination." But Forsyth, like Harvey Dent's mom, plans on raising the kitty despite veterinary bill concerns.


Two-faced cats, called Janus cats after the Roman god who had two faces, aren't born often and have the odds stacked against them due to health problems, Local10.com reports.

But there are plenty of cases of Janus cats living through to old age. In fact, the eldest of the two-faced cats is almost 12 years old, according to Guinness World Records.

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    Three-eyed Fish found near Argentina. Source: GIzmodo

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    Todd Ray, who has what is believed to be the world's largest collection of two-headed animals, is considering whether or not he should surgically separate this two-headed turtle.

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    "Us" is a 2 1/2-year-old, 4-foot long, two-headed carpet python residing at the World Aquarium in St. Louis. According to aquarium President Leonard Sonnenschein, it may be the only one in the world.

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  • Unicorn Cow 2010

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  • Two Head Cows 2010

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  • 2 headed calf 2009

    A vet feeds five month two-headed calf "Milagritos" (Little Miracle) in Cajamarca, Peru, on Aug. 19, 2009.

  • We 2007

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  • Turtle 2007

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Many people believe cats have nine lives. This one really has two faces. This extremely rare two-faced black cat -- appropriately named Harvey Dent after the Two-Face character in the Batman series...
Many people believe cats have nine lives. This one really has two faces. This extremely rare two-faced black cat -- appropriately named Harvey Dent after the Two-Face character in the Batman series...
 
 
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Lychnis Coronaria
Yes we did, and we did it again! Obama '12
04:41 PM on 07/13/2012
Why are people posting that the kitty died/was killed?? The article plainly states, "Forsyth, like Harvey Dent's mom, plans on raising the kitty despite veterinary bill concerns." READ, people!!
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gerry978
2 minutes ago (12:17 AM)
go through the slide show. READ idiot!
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smeeg
you have to give respect in order to get respect
11:21 PM on 02/09/2012
ooooh, how sad. I was hoping the kitten would live a long life. Cats are such wonderful beings. "smeeg" is one of my cats :D
02:19 AM on 02/09/2012
The world's fantastic, wonderful to it
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12:48 PM on 02/06/2012
R.I.P. little precious one.
08:48 PM on 02/04/2012
I hope they have the mama cat spayed like they should have done BEFORE she reproduced. Has anybody noticed that there aren't enough homes for the cats that are already on this planet?
01:10 PM on 02/04/2012
I'm reminded of a very fat friend who was always eating and I once referred to him as two faced. "I wish" he told me.
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jsand96876
02:09 AM on 02/05/2012
My wife called me two faced once. I told her if I had two faces do you think I would be walking around with this one.
12:37 PM on 02/04/2012
Life is precious and fragile. That kitten's death made me cry. I'm a 59-year-old guy. No, I'm not a sap. I didn't always feel this intensely but I sure do now.
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11:03 AM on 02/04/2012
Two-faced kitten's in Florida? They're in every martini bar.
06:57 AM on 02/04/2012
I am glad my son wasn't born to those people that say kill it because it is different, cost extra money and not like everyone else. I know they are thinking of the money and if the kitten was in pain yes it should have been put to sleep I do agree with that but just to put it down because it was different that is wrong. I had people tell me to give up on my son and let him go because he was going to die anyway and it would be easier to let him go early.I don't think so and now he is 31 so tell me who has the right to say put it to sleep!
05:01 PM on 02/07/2012
Bless you and your son, Sherri. Obviously, you had enough love in your heart to support and nurture your son through his challenges. You KNOW that the "people" who call animals "beasts" and "abominations" because they are different and call for their destruction, sit in the shadows and think the same thing about fellow humans who don't fit their standards. As with this little kitten, all the love and care in the world wasn't enough, so he left, poor little angel. Clearly, YOUR angel was meant to stay. Blessings.
11:59 PM on 02/03/2012
This just proves, once again, that Florida is a toxic state
02:23 AM on 02/04/2012
Actually all it proves is that sometimes kittens are born deformed. They have found dinosaur fossils with deformities like this kitten has, I'm fairly certain that Florida didn't exist back then. (That being said there are many fossils living in present day Florida, just check the early-bird specials)
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elicourey
It takes a nation of millions to hold me back!
10:41 PM on 02/03/2012
Awesome! That would be the perfect cat for Cat Breading (made popular by Stephen Colbert) http://bit.ly/yvIw6y
10:23 PM on 02/03/2012
"the kitten's humans" More Politically Correct BS. It's the kittens "Owners". The kitten doesn't "own" the humans, the humans "own" the kitten. Pets are property as with any other livestock whatever the reason for owning them. I hope it lives, that would be a neat cat.
09:01 PM on 02/03/2012
AWww two faces still 2 cute! and for those that want to kill it cause 'its an abomination, esp that its a black cat" come give me a visit. How about I kill your 'child that's an abomination (2 faced, too short of arms or legs etc) Those of you that say that sound like a complete ASS!!! cause I well know you wouldn't kill a child that looks like that!
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James Moorer
In a sky full of people...only some want to fly...
08:17 PM on 02/03/2012
I understand they are planning naming this spieces of cat, Romney...
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Carbon Forteetoo
Not enough characters to say anything clev
05:56 PM on 02/03/2012
Can't close it's mouths all the way? How does it swallow?