A pet cat has found fame in Yangshan, East China's Jiangsu Province, after giving birth to a puppy.
The cat's owner Zhou Yun said that the cat gave birth to two kittens earlier this month.
However, when Zhang went to check, one of the kittens had died.
"I then noticed the other kitten looked surprisingly like a dog," Zhou explained.
Zhou said that she raises a cat and a dog in her home as pets, and that they enjoy a good relationship, even eating and sleeping together. "Quite possibly the kitty is a mixed child," Zhou said.
Lai Xiaoyun, president of a local pet clinic, came to the house and checked the "cat-puppy," but said it's impossible that a cat could give birth to a dog.
Lai said it's possible the cat gave birth to two kittens in the early morning, and one died. Indulging her maternal instinct, the cat might have gone out, found a litter of newborn puppies and raised one as her own.
"Cats and dogs are two different species and it's impossible for them to have joint descendants," concluded Lai.
