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Old 09-09-2012, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by mfp509 View Post
It's the extra toe or thumb - we always called it double-pawed. The front paws actually look like mittens. It looked like that to me in the picture. I just looked again and on the lower paw where you can see the pads, I think I see two claws where the "thumb" is. Double-pawed is simply a nickname for polydactyl.
Just a bit of useless info: the mentioned extra toe makes it a "Hemingway Cat" as Ernest loved them, they are reported to be good luck.