Scottish Fold The folded ear is produced by an incomplete dominant gene and is the result of a spontaneous mutation. The ear cartilage contains a fold so the ears bend forward and down towards the front of their head. In 1961 a shepherd by the name of William Ross spotted the first known Scottish Fold cat at a farm near Coupar Angus in the Tayside Region of Scotland, Northwest of Dundee. Ross asked the owners if he could have one of the kittens, and proceeded to develop the breed from the original, Susie, a white barn cat. Scottish Fold kittens are born with straight ears. At about three to four weeks of age, their ears fold...or they don’t! It is usually around eleven to twelve weeks of age that the breeder can determine the quality (pet, breeder or show). http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/scottish.html

Ninja Turtles

4 Ears A kitten born on a farm in Germany has an extra pair of ears!1 ‘Lilly’ is perfectly healthy. The extra ears do not hear; only her usual ears, and they hear quite normally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibdRm71WCN4&feature=related Video of Lilly

Tongue Photoshop

Bully whippet Double muscling is a trait previously described in several mammalian species including cattle and sheep and is caused by mutations in the myostatin (MSTN) gene (previously referred to as GDF8). Here we describe a new mutation in MSTN found in the whippet dog breed that results in a double-muscled phenotype known as the “bully” whippet. Individuals with this phenotype carry two copies of a two-base-pair deletion. http://www.cobankopegi.com/blog/2007/06/bully-whippets-genetics.html

Blue Lobster Around one in two million lobsters is blue. A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen at the University of Connecticut discovered that a genetic defect causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein. The protein, and a red caratenoid molecule known as astaxanthin, combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color.

Camel Photoshop

Giraffe

Camel Photoshop

Hairless Hampster A Hairless Syrian is born completely devoid of hair. This is due to a genetic mutation that effects the epidermis (the layer of skin where the hair follicles are). Some Hairless may have very stubby, curly white whiskers, but often lose these as they mature. http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniversity/HairlessAlienHamsters.cfm

Chickens LEFT: This is a Japanese silky. He's got a genetic mutation that creates feathers without barbules, those little hooks that interlock and keep a feather sleek and smooth. RIGHT: This chicken(top) & bungies (Bottom) have a natural mutation called “FEATHER DUSTER” They are a very short-lived, about 6-12 weeks. Their feathers don't stop growing.

Rhinotee Photoshop

Fruit

Cabbage Photoshop

Food

Strawberry Photoshop, real photo is next

White Tiger http://www.bigcatrescue.org/video/00186.htm White tiger video White Tiger The white color is the result of a double recessive allele (gene) and thus the white color can only be produced by inbreeding one tiger carrying the recessive gene for the white color to another tiger carrying the same recessive gene. This occurrs about once in every 10,000 births. That statistical approximation is based upon recorded observations in the wild of white cubs. It should be noted that the first recorded observation of a white cub was made in the mid-fifteenth century and the only wild observations of white cubs have been in Bengal tigers. ALL white tigers are cross eyed, whether it shows or not, because the gene that causes the white coat always causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain. That is why white tigers are such a favorite of the tiger-tamer-wanabees; they are far more dependant upon their masters. http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm

Glow Fish It started off innocently enough when a professor at National Taiwan University extracted a fluorescent protein from a jellyfish and inserted it into the genome of a zebra fish. He was hoping to make the organs of the zebra fish easier to see when he studied them, but to his amazement, the entire fish began glowing. http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/fishnews/a/glofish.htm

Photoshop

Glow Bunny Eduardo Kac decided that a creative way to express himself would be to make his very own transgenic animal. To do this, he paid a science lab in France to create a real, live glowing bunny. The scientists knew that many animals, including jellyfish and fireflies glow naturally in their dark environments. The bunny was created by taking the genetic "glow" directions (found in a gene) from a jellyfish and then transferring them into a bunny embryo. When the albino bunny was born, it was found to glow a bright green color under certain types of light. Hence the creation of, Alba, the very first glow bunny. http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/tbrown/Glowpigs.htm

Glow Mice The three scientists were honored for a technique called gene targeting, which lets scientists inactivate or modify particular genes in mice. That in turn lets them study how those genes affect health and disease. http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/10/guys_win_nobel_prize_for_makin.php

Glow Plant

Liger A liger is the result of breeding a male lion to a tigress. A tigon is the result of breeding a male tiger to a lioness. Since lions and tigers do not exist in the same areas, this is not something that happens in the wild. These cats suffer from many birth defects and usually die young. Because ligers are usually larger than either parent, it also puts the tigress at great risk in carrying the young and may require C-section deliveries or kill her in the process. http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/ligers.htm

Zorse A zorse is a cross between a zebra stallion and a horse mare. The zorse takes the color or dominant color gene of the mare and the zebra sire gives it stripes. The zorse is very strong, approximately two to three times stronger than a horse. Depending upon which species of zebra and which breed of horse are bred, this hybrid could be pony sized to horse sized, have the bone size of a pony or of a horse, or of a draft if the zebra was bred to a draft horse. The mane may stand up like the zebra, or, more often, fall over like the horse. The mane generally does not become long. The zorse should be well balanced, with all parts of the body looking as if they 'belong' to the other parts. The zorse takes the color of the base coat of the horse, and will take black points and/or striping from the zebra. The zorse is to be considered infertile. http://www.equinepost.com/resources/breeds/showBreed.asp?ID=150

Okapi The velvet-like coat is generally dark chestnut-brown or purplish red in colour, with distinctive pattern of horizontal stripes, much like those of a zebra, on the upper legs. The lower legs are white, with dark garters at the joints. The vaguely horse-like head is generally lighter, with a black muzzle, and is supported by a thick neck. The ears are large, and the black tongue is long and prehensile. The body is sloped, with the forequarters much higher than the rear. Males have two skin covered 'horns' or knobs on the forehead which develop between one and five years of age. Some people think that the giraffe evolved from this animal. http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Okapia_johnstoni.html