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At just 12 days old, a tiny tabby cat born in South Africa has already melted hearts all over the world with her unusual features.
Bettie Bee is a two-faced kitten, with two noses, two mouths, and three eyes.
Newsweek reported that the female feline was born in an Eastern Cape home on Dec 12 in a litter of two other normal kittens.
Her double face makes it difficult for her to nurse, which means that she was at risk of starving to death.
Such felines are better known as Janus cats, named after the Roman god of the same name, who is usually portrayed as having two faces.
They have an extremely rare congenital disorder known as craniofacial duplication, and generally do not live very long because of health problems related to their deformity.
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/k...es-odds-to-live-charms-hearts-on-social-media
