Talk:Polydactyl cat
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[edit] Blurb for DYK
Did You Know
- ...that polydactyl cats, with extra toes as a genetic trait, were long considered good luck by many sailors, where their extraordinary climbing and hunting skills were helpful in controlling skipboard rodents?
[edit] Double paw cats
I once met a cat with double paws. How is this related to feline polydactyly? Would this merit a separate article, or a section in this article? --B.d.mills 00:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
- It might be an extreame case of polydactylism. One of my girlfriends had a cat named Chernobyl, because he had 8 toes per paw. It looked like he had double paws, but this was not the case, just DOUBLE-SIZED ones.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 06:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "ancient trait"
- I've removed "Polydactyly is an ancient trait": whether it was a reference to discredited atavism or a covert reminder of Devonian Acanthostegia, it conveyed little useful information. Perhaps it could be returned in a better form. The "opposable thumb" and reported dexterity of polydactyl cats might be cautiously looked into and expanded. They weren't employed in sewing patches on sails, one supposes, nor opening hard-to-manage cellophane packets of seabiscuit... --Wetman 00:20, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
- I can vouch for that firsthand, actually. My wife's polydactyl cat could pick up pencils with his front paws. Never saw him write with them, though... - Scooter 04:19, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Is it, just me, or is the, last sentence 'When Hemingway died in 1961 ...' confusing, with too many, commas?
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- You are right. I reworked it for grammar. "When Hemingway died in 1961, as provided in his will, his former home in Key West, Florida became a museum and currently houses approximately sixty descendants of his cats (about half of which are polydactyl)." Thanks. Vaoverland 09:48, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Better Image
IMO this article needs a better image representing this trait. In the picture of the cat, its toes can hardly be seen. --malber 19:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
- It does, and of the three images, the first was clearly just "look at my cat" rather than any kind of demonstration of polydactyl digits (in fact, even at full resolution I could not make out if this was a polydactyl cat or not). Thus I cut the page down to two images. I searched the U.S. Govt sites via Google, but didn't find any useful images. Anyone who has such a cat, please take a decent, well-lit picture of its paws. We don't need to know its name, or where it lives, we just need a good example (from top and bottom, preferably) of the paw structure. -Harmil 18:39, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question from newbie
Can you redirect to this page from the search for "Hemmingway Cat"?
At first it was the only term I knew and may be for others.
[edit] Why!?
Why is there an article about polydactyl cats? Is there an article about polidactilia for every animal??
