My name is Buddy Purrkins
but I'm also known as Mega Mitts because I'm a polydactyl cat. Normal cats have a total
of 18 toes, with five toes on each forepaw, and four toes on each hind paw, but
I have an two extra toes on each paw. That makes eight extra toes! True
polydactyl is a congenital abnormality, genetically
inherited as an autosomal dominant trait of the ZRS gene. Ernest Hemingway first six-toes cat named
Snowball was given to him by a ship's captain.
Sailors considered polydactyl cats good luck and we were especially
useful in keeping the ship's rodent population under control because we have
extraordinary climbing and hunting abilities. Snowball's fifty descendants live
in Hemingway's former home in Key West, Florida. Hemingway loved his polydactyl cats and today
we are sometimes referred to as Hemingway cats. So you see, I am truly awesome.
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