There were five kittens

July 26, 2013 • 7:59 am

Ladyatheist got the answer right with her diagram

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The litter size was verified in a post at A Merry Meow on Facebook, which also explained why the moggie was x-rayed.

We have an update on this cat. Her name is Grace, and she was given an x-ray because she was over due and the vets wanted to rule out problems. Neither she or the kittens were harmed and she delivered five kittens on 7-11-13.

The original X-ray (here):

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h/t: Michael

24 thoughts on “There were five kittens”

    2. I really hope that is a joke. Sorry if it is ; I woke up early and the coffee didn’t include oil for my sarcasm detector.

  2. Somehow I thought they’d be packaged more neatly. It looks very untidy in there. 😀

    1. Mama’s stomach, I think. It’s pretty clearly soft tissue, not bone.

  4. Ladyatheist got the answer right

    Well, almost right. I still think she has the yellow one flipped head for tail.

    1. Look at the ribs – the larger ones would be closer to the head. There is something toward the bottom that I thought at first was the head of kitten #6 but looking again later I thought it was more likely bowel or something

      1. Actually, the rib cage narrows at the shoulders and flares out toward the abdomen (see here).

        Plus there’s a bony oval just north of the orange skull that seems to be connected by vertebrae to the yellow ribs. I take that to be the yellow skull.

      2. oops no – the larger ones would be on the tail side, so the head I thought was a head was a head! Now the other heat that I thought was a head has me stumped.

  5. So my odd “heads” was the Mama hearth and what not?

    Luckily, I’m not a biologist!

  6. This is why I shouldn’t be allowed to interpret x-rays, topological maps, floor plans, or anything stuck in a matrix.

    But I have other qualities; for instance I’m pretty good with Monty Python quotes. As evidence that the world is unfair, this has not translated into an lavish livelihood. Yet I find a way to live on. 😀

    1. My Monty Python quote repertoire is from the TV show, not the movies, so I’m doubly obscure

      1. Well, You can’t expect to wield supreme power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

  8. What then, happened to the sixth kitten? It was written and therefore must be accounted, for the christian must have the written word defended against the presence of reality.

  9. Cool to know the answer, I guessed 6, because I mistook the big circular thing above the green outline for the skull of another kitty.

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