一只眼睛不寻常的猫，吸引了网友的眼球

一只眼睛不寻常的猫，吸引了网友的眼球

Despite his slightly unnerving resemblance to a wide-eyed wooden puppet, Potato the Cat’s peculiar peepers have earned more than 34,000 followers on Instagram.

尽管它长得有点像一个睁大眼睛的木偶，但这只名叫“土豆”有着奇特眼睛的猫咪，在Instagram上已经吸引了34000多名粉丝。

The optical oddity was adopted by Ashley Norlien, 21, more than two years ago. And like many proud fur parents, she decided to upload some pics of her cat online. That’s when Potato got his first taste of fame.

这只怪猫在两年前被21岁的阿什利·诺林(Ashley Norlien)收养。和许多自豪的铲屎官一样，她决定把她的猫的一些照片上传到网上。就在那时，土豆第一次尝到了成名的滋味。

“People immediately noticed something was different about his eyes,” Norlien said.

诺林说：“人们立刻注意到他的眼睛有些不同。”

Many social media users were freaked out by the walleyed feline, posting cries of “Is this cat broken?” One Instagram gawker even analogized him to Insectosaurus, the googly-eyed grub from “Monsters Vs. Aliens.”

许多社交媒体用户被这只眼睛瞪大的猫咪吓坏了，纷纷发帖叫喊“这只猫生病了吗?”一位Instagram用户甚至把他比作《怪物与外星人》中眼神呆滞的食虫龙。

Potato’s flummoxed owner has no idea how her pet got the ocular aberration.

土豆的主人很困惑，不知道她的宠物是如何患上这种眼部疾病的。

“I don’t know if it’s some genetic condition,” she says.

她说：“我不知道这是不是某种遗传条件。”

Fortunately, others appreciated Potato’s kooky eyes, saying “My heart is melting” and “I’m so in love with his eyes.”

幸运的是，其他人欣赏土豆古怪的眼睛，说“我的心在融化”和“我太爱他的眼睛了”

And just like Dumbo’s oversize ears, the kitty’s once-lampooned look has propelled him to stardom. Potato has racked up an eye-popping 34,252 Instagram followers (and counting) in less than two years.

就像小飞象超大的耳朵一样，这只小猫曾经被嘲弄过的样子也让他成为了明星。在不到两年的时间里，土豆已经吸引了34252名Instagram粉丝。

Even Norlien has started to embrace Potato’s eyes, saying, “It sure does make a memorable look.”

就连诺琳也开始喜欢上了土豆的眼睛，她说:“它的确让人印象深刻。”

Potato isn’t the first pet to become a social media star due to a bizarre visage. Last month, the internet fell in love with these cocker spaniels’ freakishly long eyelashes.

土豆并不是第一个因长相怪异而成为社交媒体明星的宠物。上个月，互联网爱上了这些可卡犬怪异的长睫毛。