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22 February 2007

Kitty! OMG! With 26 toes! oh noes! →[More:]"Some cat owners say the innermost extra toes on the front paws are often opposable and some use them with quite startling proficiency to manipulate small objects with almost human dexterity."

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post by: pieisexactlythree at: 15:21 | 6 comments

I, for one, welcome...

posted by gaspode 22 February | 15:27

Mmm polydactylicious...

posted by Specklet 22 February | 15:35

Who else tried to figure out the math re:toes per foot before reading the article?

posted by fluffy battle kitten 22 February | 15:54

If any of them are opposable, humanity had better watch out.

posted by matildaben 22 February | 16:07

I had a tuxedo cat with extra front toes that stuck out like thumbs. As you can probably guess, his name was Thumbs.

And may I say, I lurve the word "moggie". Why isn't American English cool enough to have a word like that?!

posted by deborah 23 February | 00:30

When I was a kid we also had a cat with six toes on each front foot. Like deborah said, the extra toes stood out like thumbs, so his feet looked like mittens. And tucked in between the thumb and "fingers", was another extra claw. He used to fetch, too. If you tossed a twisted pipe-cleaner, he'd chase it, and bring it back to you. When he got older, like 12 years or so, he learned to sit five feet from you and catch it in mid-air.

posted by redvixen 23 February | 19:50

← jrossi4r || Some kind of music video deeley →

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