RICHARD
09-13-2004, 05:23 PM
Cat With The Most Toes
A five-year-old rescue cat named Jake has clawed his way into the Guinness World Record book as the moggy with most toes. Jake, an orange tabby from Bonfield, Ontario, Canada, has seven toes – complete with claws and pads – on each paw, and beats the previous record holder, Mickey the tabby cat from Deep River, New York, USA, who has 27 toes.
Jake is owned by Michelle and Paul Contant and their two children Renee and Kyle. "We got him from the North Bay and District Humane Society," said Michelle. "He's just a great cat. We knew he was special, so we had him examined." Local vet Dr T. D. Bachelder, DVM, performed the check up and confirmed that Jake has "complete and distinct toes with normal nails, foot pads and bone structure."
Cats typically have five toes on the front paws and four on the back paws, although this freakish feline condition – known as polydacty, meaning "many toes" – is surprisingly common. Polydact cats are also known as mitten kittens or Hemingway cats, named after the author Ernest Hemingway, whose pet cat Princess Six Toes was polydactyl.
There are are around 60 cats living at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum at Key West Florida. Many are descended from Hemingway's six-toed pet cat, and around half are polydactyl.
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Saw the house on TV........cats galore!!!
:D
A five-year-old rescue cat named Jake has clawed his way into the Guinness World Record book as the moggy with most toes. Jake, an orange tabby from Bonfield, Ontario, Canada, has seven toes – complete with claws and pads – on each paw, and beats the previous record holder, Mickey the tabby cat from Deep River, New York, USA, who has 27 toes.
Jake is owned by Michelle and Paul Contant and their two children Renee and Kyle. "We got him from the North Bay and District Humane Society," said Michelle. "He's just a great cat. We knew he was special, so we had him examined." Local vet Dr T. D. Bachelder, DVM, performed the check up and confirmed that Jake has "complete and distinct toes with normal nails, foot pads and bone structure."
Cats typically have five toes on the front paws and four on the back paws, although this freakish feline condition – known as polydacty, meaning "many toes" – is surprisingly common. Polydact cats are also known as mitten kittens or Hemingway cats, named after the author Ernest Hemingway, whose pet cat Princess Six Toes was polydactyl.
There are are around 60 cats living at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum at Key West Florida. Many are descended from Hemingway's six-toed pet cat, and around half are polydactyl.
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Saw the house on TV........cats galore!!!
:D