The city of Downers Grove, Illinois in the United States, a genetic abnormality gives a cat ears 4, something very strange. 2006, Valerie and Ted have adopted this strange kitten. It was the youngest of a family of eight kittens, and when he was just eight weeks went to the vet never again had never seen such a case. Their son, a fan of Star Wars, had the idea to baptize the Yoda cat, referring to known character of the film with the pointy ears.

The deformity of Yoda possibly due to inbreeding according to certain experts, But despite this unusual physical characteristic, has conventional hearing. Otherwise, behaves like an ordinary cat.