Polydactylism

[LaPalida]

http://www.messybeast.com/poly-cats.html

Found an interesting article on polydactylism. I was always curious (after I saw some cats at an animal shelter that exhibited these weird appendages) about what causes this oddity. Apparently not odd at all. It seems to be a naturally occuring genetic trait. 10 toes and 10 fingers might actually be the odd combination!

More links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactylism
http://www.drgreene.com/21_182.html
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m6toecat.html

Imagine a piano piece written for a 12 fingered man? ;)

[corky13]

This is by far the most scary deformation of organisms ive ever seen in my entire life. The Polydactylismic Person at the bottom of the report looks like a person of my nightmares O.o I surely will use this influence in some drawings :)

[Qitsune]

They look like the splash screen for Painter 9!

I've had polydactyle cats, I know many people who have (I seem to be in an area were there's a lot.) They are so cute.

[peterhurman]

funny you shouuld mention this. when i was born i had an extra thumb on my left hand, but i had it removed as a baby. all i have now is a tiny scar below my thumb. its strange though i only had it one the left hand not on the right.

[S.C. Watson]

We have a kitty that we adopted from a friend who has 6 toes on each foot. Fittingly, her name is Toe-Toe :tihi:

[darth massacre]

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Imagine a piano piece written for a 12 fingered man? ;)

Most times the extra digits doesn't work. But hey I know a few friends with extra thumbs and they are daaaamn cool folks. We had tonnes of fun freaking out other people with some hairbrained ideas. A lot of them don't feel abnormal, they feel special.

[BlueMech]

My cat is a polydactly, and she's also an exact copy of our old cat Mojo. Well in the looks dept. anyway,

[bwkeough]

one of my cats has multiple extra toes, too, the "thumb" variation for her front feet. I can always hear her coming because some of her extra claws aren't retractable and click on the floor.

regarding a 12-finger pianist, that concept was covered in the movie GATTACA

[LaPalida]

Yes that was the reference! Love that movie.