The photo was sent to us by a 9NEWS viewer. We'll keep their name off the story now, because it turns out that viewer didn't really take the picture.
We did check with the viewer ahead of time who provided details about the photo.
Some keen eyed Facebook friends alerted us that the photo wasn't as it seemed.
It actually was first seen on this website: http://timberlife.blogspot.com/2008/01/deer-cat.html
It's still a cute picture.
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