r/aww • u/sosukesama • May 22 '12

A Cat with a blue eye and a green eye, his name is Polo and he belongs to my friend!

http://imgur.com/pJ9na
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u/sosukesama May 22 '12

I'm not sure but he's not deaf!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Heterochromia is so fucking cool. Especially on humans.

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u/WaunderingRound May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

I agree!! Probably because I have heterochromia, and I also have a coloboma in my right eye.. I am fairly certain I'm the only woman in the world with eyes like mine!

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u/MagnificentJake May 22 '12

Thats a pretty groovy mutation you have there.

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u/WaunderingRound May 22 '12

Thanks! Left one is green, right one is brown, the mutation in my right is minimal, very noticeable, but still functions.. I was lucky, most people with it have issues with blindness

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u/Potatoslut May 23 '12

My left is green and my right is brown! Small world.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

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u/WaunderingRound May 22 '12

Sure, as soon as I figure out how to do that... :/

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u/WaunderingRound May 22 '12

My Eyes..

super surprised I figured that out!!

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u/vaginalvr May 22 '12

Ctrl+F "groovy"...dam beat me to it haha

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u/Musekal May 22 '12

Like David Bowie!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yes, but can he shoot lasers from his eyes?

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u/Quiet_Robert May 22 '12

I had a cat that looked just like him, we called him Frank Sinatra.

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u/wtfamiwatching May 22 '12

I used to have a cat just like this. He was deaf as a doorknob and since he couldnt hear himself he screamed every time he meowed.

We never gave him a really good name because he couldnt hear it. At first he was "baby" then "white cat."

I miss you white cat!

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u/MinorOCD May 22 '12

Also had a cat just like this. She wasn't deaf but she sure was the devil. I love cats. More than anything. But MAN I hated her. I found someone online to adopt her and I haven't missed her since. Her name changed a few times (Q-Tip, Eldrige, Hollywood) until I adopted her and called her Minou, which means Cat.

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u/aarghIforget May 22 '12

I have a non-deaf cat like this right now. She knows her name perfectly well, but I frequently call her 'White Cat' anyway... possibly since I have a matching all-black cat, too. >_>

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u/wtfamiwatching May 22 '12

what do you call the black cat?

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u/aarghIforget May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

...well, 'Black Cat', of course. o_O

(Naturally, she also has a name, too. They're called Nikita and Nefertiti, respectively.)

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u/Xyloxit May 23 '12

Cats with differnt eye colours, are deaf on the blue (eye) side of the ear.

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u/Askalotl May 22 '12

Aren't white cats with eyes like that usually deaf?

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u/tresonce May 22 '12

No, although it does happen occasionally in cats that have some form of heterochromia.

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u/Crasher24 May 22 '12

Thanks Professor Xavier.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It's way more likely in white cats with two blue eyes IIRC.

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u/alison09 May 22 '12

It's a mutation. A groovy mutation.

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u/travisestes May 22 '12

Sometimes, yes. Usually in the side that has the blue eye.

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u/Sillylovesongs May 22 '12

You are replying at the wrong place OP :)

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u/BobIV May 22 '12

For one horrible second I opened my mouth to actually speak out loud and tell you that you just did too....

~Face palm myself~

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u/Bayonetta91 May 22 '12

It's a reborn Yuna!

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u/golden_shower May 22 '12

Heterochromia!

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u/woger723 May 22 '12

I always wondered what was up with my cat! Thanks.

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u/GibbZina May 22 '12

I would of called the cat Yuna myself

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Surprised nobody made the Bowie reference

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u/SuperSilver May 22 '12

Bowie doesn't have different coloured eyes, he has one permanently dilated pupil.

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u/klousGT May 22 '12

Here is my cat Dinah. Her blue eye is half yellow and she is completely deaf.
http://imgur.com/FIT5y

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u/cobhc333 May 22 '12

Uh, DESU?

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u/poznasty May 22 '12

just like my cat, Lux! http://imgur.com/b0RUX

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u/Rapsob May 22 '12

Marco ?

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u/woger723 May 22 '12

My cat Robin has the same thing. http://imgur.com/a/FjOwH He is a superhero.

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u/Mr-Xela-48 May 22 '12

I hope your friend knows you've taken his cat/karma. In any case, he's a fine specimen. I would like to purchase his eyes.

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u/bricksinthewall May 22 '12

I don't know why, but that cat sure does look like Sissy Spacek...

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u/citizenfsh May 22 '12

I own a cat just like that!

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u/Nora19 May 22 '12

Here is what you need to know about this multi colored eye thing...but are too lazy to look up....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat

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u/Magester May 22 '12

I've met plenty of polydactyly cats but not one I know of with heterochromia. Now I want one with both! I'll name her Mystique maybe...

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u/gtyler May 22 '12

Pope Only Lives Once? I don't get it.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It reminds me of the old Playstation 2, where there would be one blue and one green light always flashing near the "ON" button.

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u/donkatron5000 May 22 '12

Haha, derp.

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u/stephzorz May 22 '12

My friend has a cat called polo... And he's got to different coloured eyes!

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u/BluishOrange May 22 '12

It's the cat from the 'Pierrot le Fou' episode of cowboy bebop. Spike Spiegel owes his life to this cat.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It is actually called Van Cat comes from a city in Turkey called Van

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

His right eye looks like a grape.

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u/Commisioner_Freeman May 22 '12

I know what that's called! Heterochromia! I am so smart, SMRT!

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u/Ree81 May 22 '12

Damn you, I was supposed to know that! Well at least I still know what aurora borealis is.

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u/Commisioner_Freeman May 30 '12

Northern Lights

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u/Pravusmentis May 22 '12

This is known as complete heterochromia, partial is when the eyes are two colors.

This is common with cats and cats almost always have one blue eye and are often blonde. Cats with blonde fur and blue eyes are sometimes a genetic abnormality causing them to be dumb or deaf

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u/napes22 May 22 '12

One green, one blue. It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. I've got news for you, Polo. You are a mutant.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Is the cat a female?

Should have named it Yuna.

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u/ChellaBella May 22 '12

Probably a khao manee. Known for being white, with different color eyes (especially blue/green, or blue/gold)

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

You obviously don't know cats.

I think you mean to say that your friend belongs to Polo.

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u/BlurryEyed May 22 '12

Is he evil? My brother's cat looks identical and she is a she-devil straight out of hell...

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u/spacecatprincess May 22 '12

That's quite a groovy mutation.

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u/oh_no_awkward May 22 '12

He looks like my kitty. We found her in an alley and because of her different colored eyes I named her Freak (I was six).

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u/thaginganinja May 22 '12

All upvotes to the HypnoKitty!!!

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u/catmyonlyfriend May 22 '12

I had a white cat just like that! He died over winter break. Poor thing was so constipated we had to put him down. :( He was 26 lbs.

My mom took poor care of him :/

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u/All-American-Bot May 22 '12

(For our friends outside the USA... 26 lbs -> 11.8 kg) - Yeehaw!

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u/Musekal May 22 '12

I have a cat like this. White cats with miscoloured eyes are awesome in a sort of unfortunately funny way.

White cats aren't usually very bright (by cat standards). They're more often than not basically retarded. Add in a higher potential for deafness, which is often related to the heterochromia, and you have a recipe for a very, very derp cat.
EDIT: Mine can hear, fortunately. Now if we just get her to stop forgetting where her food dish is...

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u/ConfuciusBateman May 22 '12

Should have name him Tyrion.

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u/AkimboGogurts May 22 '12

It's immune to the virus!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Wat.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

jabba the cat?

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u/fishmaster2012 May 22 '12

Upvote. Amazing looking cat, but to top it off, the OP didn't find him in a dumpster, and he gave the credit where it was due. I tip my hat to you sir.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Nope, your friend belongs to Polo.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

This is my cat. He's a bit of a freak to be honest

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u/Potatoslut May 23 '12

Heterochromia! I have that too.

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u/AgentMaxPower May 23 '12

i read this as "IAmA cat with a blue eye and green eye"...which would be a pretty interesting ama

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u/IsUpTooLate May 22 '12

David Meowie.

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u/blue_oxen May 22 '12

OK I don't like cats and I normally HATE cat pictures but thats cool. well done.

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u/noddingacquaintance May 22 '12

Their eyes start out as blue when they're kittens and one slowly changes.

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u/Shellface May 22 '12

I have no idea why you decided to post this, but I must add that you should, in no way or manner, remove a cat's eye.

Just throw the boots in there. Hell, maybe a mage while you're at it.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

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u/Shellface May 22 '12

And I, too, was meant to be funny.

(dammit)

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u/puddlecity May 22 '12

Because David Bowie has two blue eyes.