World-famous celebrity cat Lil BUB was born in the summer of 2011 in a rural Indiana tool shed. The runt of a litter of feral kittens, BUB's distinctive appearance was caused by several genetic anomalies including a shortened lower jaw, toothlessness, and an extreme case of dwarfism that left her with disproportionately short limbs. She was adopted by Bloomington-based musician and cat lover Mike Bridavsky, who willingly tended to her special needs and celebrated her uniqueness on a Tumblr photo blog. By the summer of 2012, Lil BUB's charismatic bug-eyed visage had made its wa...