You probably already know that I started this site to support the radio show I created (Kitty Mowmow's Animal Expo) for my university's student radio station, 90.7 The Capstone, at the University of Alabama. However, this site has developed a life of its own and today I received a record number of hits. Thanks for your support!
I wondered, "Where on earth are all these hits coming from?" and did a little research. The answer? A surprisingly large number of you are finding me via Google Image Search, looking for pictures of cute little kittens. You folks apparently really like this one:
Yup, my little kitten is, at the time of this posting, the #3 most popular kitten on Google Image Search. I have to note that I found this image somewhere on the web - I take no credit for its incredible cuteness and glowing aura of light and goodness.
After my discovery of this fact, I sat looking at the search results, pleasantly surprised that so many people agreed with my belief that the little kitty was a perfectly adorable addition to one of my news posts. Then I looked to the right.
This is the # 4 most popular Google Image Search results for "kitten":
Apparently a vast chasm divides kitten lovers. Some of you want sugary, lovey-dovey cuteness, and some of you want... cyclops kitten.
This photo had its moment in the limelight a while back, when it made the rounds of the internet and cyclops kitten fans went crazy for it, going so far as selling cyclops kitten merchandise. This blogger has an excellent post cataloging the cyclops kitten phenomenon - read it here.
Personally, I thought the hoopla surrounding cyclops kitten was more than a little sick at times. The kitten didn't just look odd - it suffered from a birth defect. And it died from that birth defect. Maybe I misunderstood people's intentions, but a doll that mocks a terminal birth defect just seems wrong.
Speaking of birth defects, did you see Google Image Search's "kitten" result #1?
My hypothesis? Morbid curiosity beats the appeal of "cute" any day of the week.
Like I said, kitten lovers are odd. 
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Wow great post, cyclops kitty freaks me out though.
Me too. It makes me sad.
The 1st pic is adorebale. The 2nd is descusting. The 3rd is nasty because what if somone hits it with there car and that eye falls out youl never know.
THIS SHIT IS REALLLY CRAZY!!!!
THE KITTEN ON TOP IS B.A AND THE ONE UNDER IT LOOKS REALLY SAD.
BUT THATS OKAY. WE WILL PRAY NO MORE KIDS COME OUT LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A REALLY COOL WEBSITE.
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the poor kitties, the cyclops is just weird, and the two headed one is like weird, but the ginger is cute, not like human gingers
Hi Jespresa,
I’m glad you like the site! And I agree – let’s hope that there aren’t too many more kitties that look like that anytime soon.
Hi Andrea,
Poor 3rd kitty! I hope it’s never hit by a car!
The first kitty is definitely my favorite. I feel sorry for the other two.
Hi Frankii,
The ginger is cute – but I think human gingers are cute too.
I like the word “ginger” used that way, to mean redhead. I don’t hear that very often where I live.
poor freaken kitty i feel bad
Hi Linda+amber,
Maybe adopting a kitty of your own would help you feel better…?
what the hell cyclops kitten no kids want to see that seeing that i am a 6 year oldyou think your going to make kids of the world belive that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i’m mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i’m mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i hate you people
i think cyclops kitty is adorable!!!!!!! ginger kitty has funky eyes!!!!! two headed kitty will lead a confused life never knowing witch way to turn. beauty is in the eye of the beholder and should not be a nominal procedure.
Oh, so cute! I think that these little sleepy kittens are adorable too!
http://critteristic.com/cats-and-kittens/time-for-a-catnap-little-ones/
I like your outlook on life, Kaitrox.
Thanks for the link to the cute little kittens, Mary! They are adorable.
OMG! hi pplz! i just luved da ginger kitty! im a ginger too! the cyclops kitten was incredibly cyyyooooooottt! da two facad kitten was awsome also. i actually found dis site looking 4 pics 4 a project! imm sooo gonna use cyclops kitty and da 2 headed kitty!
lots ‘o’ luurrvve,
Summer
what the fuck is wrong with these things?????????????????????
their fukin UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool! I hope your project goes well, Summer!
i dont no y people think anything is rong with these pics. i kinda think there cute.
wow!!i just love first kitty…..she is sooooooooo cute but sad about the other two….poor kittens………
Taunting birth defects just seemes wrong. It may be odd but that was still a kitten and it died, so that's mean!
I agree. That's why I was so surprised that these photos were among the top
results for a Google image search of the word “kitten.” I think this mostly
speaks to mankind's natural curiosity about the weird and horrible. You see
an image like this, and you just HAVE to click on it to find out why and how
and where it happened. Maybe learning about the weird and horrible will help
us avoid it, or at least develop a safe understanding of it.
WHATTTTTTTTTT IS MY CATZ BREADDDDDDDD (a)
I think that Cy, the Cyclopes kitten is cute. Not mocking the terminal illness he was born with, but loving and accepting him for what he was in the small amount of time that he was with us on Earth.
Don’t judge what is given to us by the appearance that makes it seem “abnormal”. The more unique a creation is, the better, and more beautiful it has become. There may be features about your faces that people don’t like, how would you feel if you were wrongfully insulted like Cy and the two headed kitten?
Calling something or someone ugly is insulting a trait that he or she cannot control. However, I think these two “odd” kittens are cuter than ANY human baby. Not everything comes out of the oven baked to “perfection”, so develop a taste for the imperfections that make life more interesting.
omg they r soooo prettyi love kitties 2 one dy imma get 2 kitties and 2 puppies and they will live togther in their own room
I hope they like each other.
Don’t forget to walk the dog each day!