Crazy Mystery Mountain Lion

[Cottus]

From CNN:



A hunter tracking down a mountain lion has stumbled upon a biological mystery.

Fish and Game officials say a male mountain lion involved in an attack on a dog near Preston, Idaho, was killed last week near the Utah border.

What the hunter discovered after examining the corpse can only be described as bizarre, even monstrous.

A photo released Thursday by Idaho Fish and Game shows the big cat had another set of fully-formed teeth and whiskers growing out of the top of its head. Wildlife officials say they have never seen a deformity like that -- but have offered up several theories.

They say it's possible the teeth could be the remnants of a conjoined twin that died in the womb and was absorbed into the other fetus. They then grew on their own.

Another explanation is a so-called "teratoma" tumor. This type of abnormality, whose Greek name translates to "monster tumor," can grow teeth and hair. In humans, it can grow fingers and toes.

Mountain lions are common, though rarely seen, in Idaho and can be legally hunted. They usually prey on deer, elk, moose and other wild animals but sometimes attack domesticated pets and livestock.

CNN's Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report

link

[alacringa]

Weird. Would make a pretty cool mount, though.

[grouse_hunter]

What a bizarre defect! Makes me wonder as to what the other mountain lions in the area though of this cat. Poor guy must have been a bullied loner, hence the anti-social canine slaughtering behavior.

[Astrocyte]

My guess is a teratoma originating in the brain. Teratomas are tumors composed of tissues that do not originate in the location they are found. Basically rogue collection of stuff that should not have developed there to begin with. Hair, bone, teeth are most common and found in the liver, brain, thyroid and ovaries. Whole limbs have grown too.

***WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES***
Google teratoma tumor.

[45/70/500]

Originally Posted by Cottus

From CNN:



A hunter tracking down a mountain lion has stumbled upon a biological mystery.

Fish and Game officials say a male mountain lion involved in an attack on a dog near Preston, Idaho, was killed last week near the Utah border.

What the hunter discovered after examining the corpse can only be described as bizarre, even monstrous.

A photo released Thursday by Idaho Fish and Game shows the big cat had another set of fully-formed teeth and whiskers growing out of the top of its head. Wildlife officials say they have never seen a deformity like that -- but have offered up several theories.

They say it's possible the teeth could be the remnants of a conjoined twin that died in the womb and was absorbed into the other fetus. They then grew on their own.

Another explanation is a so-called "teratoma" tumor. This type of abnormality, whose Greek name translates to "monster tumor," can grow teeth and hair. In humans, it can grow fingers and toes.

Mountain lions are common, though rarely seen, in Idaho and can be legally hunted. They usually prey on deer, elk, moose and other wild animals but sometimes attack domesticated pets and livestock.

CNN's Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report

link

. I just got off the phone with Racheal Nothead and apparently this is caused by the Alberta Oilsands

[Ivo]

I'd burn that thing!

[lone wolf]

Crazy !!!!! ........ and more than a little creepy

[Twist]

Originally Posted by Ivo

I'd burn that thing!

Yes. Much fire...

[Passthru]

Looks like something out of " The Thing". Somebody call Kurt Russell....

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Astrocyte

My guess is a teratoma originating in the brain. Teratomas are tumors composed of tissues that do not originate in the location they are found. Basically rogue collection of stuff that should not have developed there to begin with. Hair, bone, teeth are most common and found in the liver, brain, thyroid and ovaries. Whole limbs have grown too.

***WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES***
Google teratoma tumor.

Surprising he made it this far in Life.

Grizz