Chinese boy has 'cat eyes' that can see in dark

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This isn?t an episode of Heroes or X-Men, it?s even more amazing. Meet Nong Youhui

who has cat-like blue eyes and can see clearly in the dark. We first heard about him

in 2009 but now a video report by China?s CCTV has emerged online exploring the boy?s

phenomenal ability. Youhui lives in Dahua, southern China and according to the story,

medical tests conducted in complete darkness show he can read perfectly without any

light and sees clearly during the day. Hard to verify ? it is China after all ? but we are

intrigued.

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DocM

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Sounds like he was born with a tapetum lucidum in each eye. In animals the tapetum lucidum is a relective layer that sits behind or within the retina and reflects light back through the rods and cones for a second time, enhancing night vision. We see them as the "eyeshine" in a critters eyes when a light hits them. Humans don't normally have a tapetum lucidum, but it appears we have an X-Kid.

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All the mothers are going to be lining up for him to mate with their daughters

Then China will have a super-race of soldiers with natural night vision

With their daughters? They still have those?

It would be cool if they could isolate the gene that causes this. Genetically engineered people in the future are going to be awesome...

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It would be cool if they could isolate the gene that causes this. Genetically engineered people in the future are going to be awesome...

Yes it would be awesome but I think that a practical example of how Darwinism works would be even better.

Would be funny if they kid turned out to be gay after all :laugh: TRY AGAIN NATURE (or maybe that's where Genetic Engineering comes into it).

Or maybe he is already genetically engineered from a secret experiment :alien:

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False. It's just a recesent gene. His mother or a grad mother banged a blue eyed sailor. The boy maybe can see a little better in limited lighting, he's a child after all. The video looks highly un-scientific.

Quick grab the boy while no one's looking.

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With their daughters? They still have those?

It would be cool if they could isolate the gene that causes this. Genetically engineered people in the future are going to be awesome...

With things like this there is usually a draw back...

Did anyone else notice how he kept covering his eyes in the light?

The kid probably has light sensitivity issues and also suffers from headaches.

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DocM

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Evolution is always a tradeoff; people with sickle cell trait are resistant to malaria, but those with sickle cell disease (a much smaller number) have a shorter life expectancy, often dying in their 40's. Malaria is the greater threat where the trait evolved, so passing it on is a net benefit.

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Humans must go the genetic way ... Why would humans still wait for the evolution to take place for 1mil years when we can make some changes now to ourselves as in eye, muscle, and maybe organs ... donate some eggs when young and sperm and when 2 people want a kid use those .... perfect ... no more OMG I am old and egg/sperm not good, since you have collected it in your prime time .....

Trademark so apple cannot touch me

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Noir Angel

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Evolution is always a tradeoff; people with sickle cell trait are resistant to malaria, but those with sickle cell disease (a much smaller number) have a shorter life expectancy, often dying in their 40's. Malaria is the greater threat where the trait evolved, so passing it on is a net benefit.

Nature's a pretty harsh mistress in general. Of course not all evolutionary traits are beneficial but it's nice to be a beneficiary of the ones that are i'd wager.

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With things like this there is usually a draw back...

Did anyone else notice how he kept covering his eyes in the light?

The kid probably has light sensitivity issues and also suffers from headaches.

Probably. Or maybe he really is more catlike than we think, and he squints in the sunlight because he has the urge to curl up and take a nap. >^. .^<

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