Sunday, April 6, 2008

Double Paws

One of the cutest things about Sparky is her Double Paws, or, polydactyly. Double paws... extra toes, is a genetic mutation, but is actually very common in house cats. Sparky has 6 toes on each of her back paws and 6 on each of her front.

A Canadian cat called Tiger was recognised by Guinness World Records as having the highest number of toes on a cat, with 27 toes. Tiger beats Sparky by 3 toes! Actually sparky has a toe on her front paw that is halfway split in 2, but it only counts as 1.

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