Cute But Fake Kitten Photo

January 9, 2008

If you’re anything like me you probably get a bunch of emails from families and friends with cute pet photos attached. I received the above photo with a bunch of others not too long ago. At first I was amazed but it didn’t take me long to realize that this photo is fake. There’s some kitty cloning going on around here–and not the kind that involves DNA!

 My first clue was that it would be nearly impossible for one person to hold THAT many kittens! Also, when you study the photo a little closer, it’s fairly obvious that some touch-up work has been done. In the photo below I’ve marked the kittens with different colored dots that each match their respective “clones.” I think I count seven kittens. Still pretty impressive though. They really didn’t have to go through all that trouble.

Anyway, this isn’t anything too serious and was probably all done in fun. I just wanted to make a quick point that not everything is what it seems to be at first glance. We often go through life in a hurry and don’t take the time to investigate things as much as we should. Next time it might be a commercial you see on TV, a post you read in a forum, or something you read in a magazine…you just never know!

© Amanda K. Jones 2008

               

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