Frank and Louie
Frank and Louie (born in September 1999 in Grafton , Massachusetts ; died on December 4, 2014 there ), also known as Frankenlouie, was a Janus cat . The Ragdoll cat was named the longest-lived Janus cat by the Guinness Book of Records in 2012 .
Life
Frank and Louie was born in September 1999. A breeder brought the diprosopic cat to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Frank and Louie had a brain, but two faces, mouths and noses, and three blue eyes. Only one of the two mouths could be used, the second was without a lower jaw. His esophagus was connected to the functional mouth. Of the three eyes, the middle eye was non-functional and could not blink. This gave the cat a mysterious look as it always looked like it was watching someone.
Originally it was thought that cats, like most Janus cats, had a short life expectancy and would die in a few days. Vet assistant Martha "Marty" Stevens took the cat home and bottle-fed it for three months. In fact, the cat managed to eat and grow on its own. Stevens, who continued to take care of the cat, testified about Frank and Louie that he was a frugal tomcat who was not shy and very friendly.
In 2012, the Guinness Book of Records listed Frank and Louie as the longest living Janus cat. At 12 years of age, she reached an unusually long age for a cat of this type. The admission was welcomed by experts and supported by the media. So called Leslie A. Lyons of the University of Missouri in National Geographic Frank and Louie's age "impressive".
In November 2014, his health deteriorated rapidly. A particularly aggressive form of cancer was diagnosed at the veterinary clinic . Since Stevens didn't want to let the animal suffer, she decided to have Frank and Louie put to sleep .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beloved two-faced cat that was only meant to live a few days dies of cancer aged 15 after setting Guinness World Record. Daily Mail , December 5, 2014, accessed December 6, 2014 .
- ↑ 2-Faced Cat, Frank And Louie, Dies At 15th Huffington Post , December 5, 2014, accessed December 6, 2014 .
- ^ Two-faced cat turns 12: Meet Frank and Louie. CBS News , accessed December 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Frank and Louie, the world's oldest two-faced cat, dies at 15. (No longer available online.) WPXI, December 5, 2014, archived from the original on December 9, 2014 ; Retrieved December 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b House Cat With 2 Faces Lives 12 Years, Sets Record. Fox News , May 12, 2014, accessed December 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Stefan Sirucek: Oldest Two-Faced Cat Dies-How Did It Get That Way? National Geographic , December 5, 2014, accessed December 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Frank and Louie, the world's oldest two-faced cat, dies at 15.AJC.COM, December 5, 2014, accessed on December 6, 2014 .
