Even the VAtican actually acknowledges evolution.

This is pretty cool. this is the first time I'm hearing of such a mutation. Cats are already the world's top predators. Developing advanced digits would make them more unbeatable. If Craig Ferguson hears of this he'd say, "Watch out, monkeys!"

Yeah I mean, polydactyly is a natural genetic mutation.

It's actually super common in felines.
I don't think it has any known benefits, though, and in severe cases it can actually be kind of detrimental in terms of getting around super-agilely or catching food.

Everything, IMO, is a piece of evidence for evolution.

Know what's cool? A cat's whiskers are as wide as it's body so it can determine whether or not it can squeeze into tight spaces.

Also, the densest fur on a cat's body is in between it's toes.

Thanks for posting up the pics of manytoes! She looks alot like my last cat named Kitty. Gosh I miss her!

I had a friend that lived in Alaska and he said alot of cats have the extra toe to help them along the ice, he isn't the most trusted source I've quoted, but hey!

I would like to see her catch and throw the ball!

Originally posted by interestedalways
Thanks for posting up the pics of manytoes! She looks alot like my last cat named Kitty. Gosh I miss her!

I had a friend that lived in Alaska and he said alot of cats have the extra toe to help them along the ice, he isn't the most trusted source I've quoted, but hey!

I would like to see her catch and throw the ball!

We keep trying to catch her on video but I think she is growing impatient with us so we will try later. I have seen her pick up a ink pen and toss it down the hallway here. It's really cool

Lol... great topic. Polydactyly is actually something I run into a lot because a friend of mine is specialised in breeding rare mutations of all sorts of animals including polydactyly cats. So he has several of those running around his house.

It is a lethal gene in double heterozygous form. So you can not breed a cat with polydactyly with another cat with polydactyly. Well technically you can, but it leads to 25 % of the kittens inherit the gene in double hetereozygous form so they are born with severe birthdefects. It's the lethalety of this gene that makes me question if it's evolutionary. But I can not fully judge that because I'm just a simple hobby rodent breeder and not a biologist.

The Polydactyly gene is found in many more species, including humans. I also know it occurs quite often in guinea pigs and dogs too.