Is Caption Obvious a Copy Editor?

Headline of the day: One-Eyed Cat Had Medical Condition.

Gee, ya think? Having only half your sight organs might be considered a medical condition?

Something bothers me about that picture, though. Kittens are born with their eyes closed. And when they do open their eyes in about a week or so, their eyes are always blue. So why does "Cy" have a very open, very chocolately brown eye?

Part of the deformity? Or Photoshop chop?

Update 8:48 pm: I e-mailed my query to the Explainer at Slate. Hopefully a lot of other people did too and they'll post an answer.