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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If this is actually your cat, you might get him checked for acromegaly.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Looks like polydactyly to me, which is not uncommon in cats.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not my kitty, but good to know!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Ernest Hemingway used to collect polydactyl cats and now, because of him, there is a abnormally sizable population of polydactyl cats on Key West, FL.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ive been to the Hemingway house 20 or so times now (every year I visit) and it’s great. Now i just go to sit there and pet cats. I don’t even care about Hemingway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If you are not having a very large stiff drink while you are petting them, you may be doing it wrong!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That's rad! I want to go there some day exclusively for the cats

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not terribly rad… He was an epic alcoholic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Nonono, I meant to comment on the comment above you. My bad.

I can honestly take or leave Hemingway. I was never particularly a fan of his writing style.