[JRandomFreeper]

Having had polydactyl catz.... I care about the number of digits in critters.

First thing I did with grand-daughter 2.0 was count fingers and toes, just like I did with grandson 1.0, grandson 2.1 etc....

Why 5? Why not 3? or 7? I've seen critters or people with both.

Insects and spiders seem to do ok with 6 and 8 limbs, mammels seem to have 4...

More stuff that makes you go... "Hmmm. I'm glad I'm not in charge of this stuff"

/johnny

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[mamelukesabre]

uh, cats with extra toes are deformed. This bone on the elephant is not a deformity.

[SunkenCiv]

There’s an area in Michigan (I forget where exactly, I used to work with someone from there) that has (or had at that time) a high incidence of polydactyl cats. OTOH, when housecats are mated with bobcats (that’s what we call the American lynx in these parts), they always wind up with huge feet, and generally polydactyl as well.

[Hot Tabasco]

John, have you ever taken ballroom dance or salsa lessons using just the two legs you were given? Imagine what it would be like if you had 3 or even 4 legs..........

God thought of everything