X-Raying Kittens
Jul. 16th, 2013 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzOn Facebook, one of my favorite "Likes" is "I F**king Love Science," which has some great photos and facts that I enjoy reading about.
Today's entry was a photo of a pregnant cat and the x-ray of her tummy to show the number of kittens she's going to have. It's a fascinating picture to see all the kittens laying in different positions all over each other. There were five or six of them from my count, but the overlapping bodies makes it hard to discern them.
While the photo itself is very cool, some of the comments are dumb. Several people are up in arms about exposing these late term kittens to radiation. Some believe it could be harmful, but the more extreme ones (perhaps fans of Honey Boo Boo) seem to think that the kittens are now going to be mutant monsters or come out well-done. Several posters appear to be veterinarians or vet technicians who assured everyone that the radiation is minimal and harmless. After all, the cat is in an x-ray machine, not a microwave.
I view it that the x-ray was not done for the posting, but for an actual necessary procedure and the cat's owner posted it online. That makes sense to me as most of us don't take our pets to the vet for x-rays for kicks.
Today's entry was a photo of a pregnant cat and the x-ray of her tummy to show the number of kittens she's going to have. It's a fascinating picture to see all the kittens laying in different positions all over each other. There were five or six of them from my count, but the overlapping bodies makes it hard to discern them.
While the photo itself is very cool, some of the comments are dumb. Several people are up in arms about exposing these late term kittens to radiation. Some believe it could be harmful, but the more extreme ones (perhaps fans of Honey Boo Boo) seem to think that the kittens are now going to be mutant monsters or come out well-done. Several posters appear to be veterinarians or vet technicians who assured everyone that the radiation is minimal and harmless. After all, the cat is in an x-ray machine, not a microwave.
I view it that the x-ray was not done for the posting, but for an actual necessary procedure and the cat's owner posted it online. That makes sense to me as most of us don't take our pets to the vet for x-rays for kicks.
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