This just in: Kittehs have EVOLVED!
Evolved Kitteh mutant "Amstel" is proof that OPPOSABLE THUMBS aren't just for humans and monkehs any more. Soon, kittehs everywhere will be turning doorknobs, using can-openers, and programming C++.
WATCH OUT, PEOPLE!
Amstel in the sink, evolved to drinking straight outta the tap. What's next? Fixing the plumbing herself can't be far behind.
This is the best part. Sender-inner Kathleen A. says that "Amstel" reminds her of a Star Wars AT-AT (with honkin' feet). High-larious.
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Oh my, she is so precious.
But that doesn't look like normal polydactylism(?) does it? It looks more like she's got 1.5 feet on each front foot. I love her!
What a sweet sleeper... I, for one, welcome our new cute kitteh overlords. ;-)
The 1.5 feet is proof that Amstel is two! two! two kittens in one!
This is just the cute one. The other one is kinda scary.
How many extra toes does she have? It looks like she has either 7 or 8! I have one like that--he looks like he has little mittens on! CUUUUUTE!
So is this going to be threeberts Dad
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#DreamOffice
Ahhhhhh, she looks like she's wearing mittens.
MITTEN KITTEN!!!!
SUPER Polydactyl Kitten!
I wanna see what her back paws look like!
Awww.... other than her extraordinary extremities... she looks like Pooh Bear! http://musicchick2.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225258f2bf21900cdf7e2988c094f.html
'Course he's, uh, goofy in his own unparalleled way.
what a precious girl! There's just more paw-pads to kees and snorgle and play with! keep on evolvin'!
My kitten has extra toes too, but his actually are bigger!!! i guess i've gotta send in a pic of him and his toesizzles. he's black and white and so we named him jellicle (for those old possum fans) but since he was such a fat kitten, we call him jelly belly. he actually got the genes from his mommy, jennyanydots. i have pics of her, jelly belly, and the rest of his litter here: http://pic4.piczo.com/TheSwedishGirl/?g=17968088
SUPER pawsitude!
mind you, the pictures on my site are from months ago, so they're much bigger now!! =(^.^)=
Hmmm...this is kinda scary, because if kittehs evolve & are able to open cans, what will they need humans for?? I better start being nice to the office cat.
What a prosh little girl!
And the extra tosies just make her extra special and cute!
Yay for polydactyly! My brother's cat ties the record for number of toes at 28. Check out Clyde halfway down this page: http://www.messybeast.com/poly-cats2.html
I, for one, welcome our Qte newly-thumbed overlords.
Love the mitten feets. So much cuter than regular polydactyls.
w00t for Amstel AT-AT!
lol, they look like mittens. kittens with mittens! freaky
I love the Yeti Kittis!!
Aw, such a sweet baby.
Might I recommend we have a "sleepy/sleeping animals" category? There's just something sooo cute about sleepy or sleeping animals that I really think it needs its own category.Or maybe it should be a Rule of Cuteness (C)? There definitely needs to be some acknowledgment of the cuteness of sleepy and sleeping animals! ^_^
Awwww. <3 I openly welcome our kitty counterparts and their opposable thumbs. :D
FeeeeeetS!!! moosie feeeeeets......
Rosie -- your pets are just the sweetest.....
Rosie... I really hope you're not breeding deformed kittens. Sure an extra thumb or no tail aren't extreme and I'm sure your kittens are healthy, but something about that just rings so wrong.
I really hope your kittens ONLY have those minor deformaties and nothing else turns up wrong with them in the future (same goes for future litters).
As for the pics.. it's such a cute kitten. I love how they sleep.
What a sweetie.
Opposable thumb or not, I think she'd still keep us around.
Opening a can is little bit too much like work.
Though opening doorknobs can happen with no cat thumbs already -- just takes some motivation.
Programming the computer?
I thought that was already happening too.
Lisa-
There's a lot of info on polydactylism in cats.
It seems to be a mostly harmless trait, unless otherwise it's involved in serious inbreeding.
Turns up randomly a lot too.
Puss here doesn't look like an overbred show cat and so is almost certainly just fine.
I don't know...Sorry to be a bummer but the 2nd pic really freaked me out. Paws down = mittens!! But, paws up = TOO MANY TOES!
Doesn't anyone find this sort of scary?! Do kitties with this superpaw have any other genetic disorder??
Try googling polydactyl cats.
That kitten's got mittens!
Seriously tho, one of my friends has a cat with thumbs too. Creep-ay.
Gross.
My cat doesn't need extra toes to open cupboards. When mice get into the pots and pans he opens the doors and goes after them.
And then we have to wash all the pots and pans...
Holy polydactylism, Batman!! Wow.... two-headed babbeh cows and seven-toed kittehs... what will they think of next?! Personally, I think the kitteh is awesome! Great way to end my weekend - another fab-oooh post from CO!
My kittles Summer already manages to open doors, cabinets, etc. -- we actually had to install LOCKS on the closets and bathroom door, to keep her from getting in, lol!
I've always maintained that if she ever gets opposable thumbs, we'll REALLY be in trouble!
it's not nice to call a birth defect gross.
just sayin.'
even if this cat is a little disturbing, it's freaking cute!
someone in another thread groused tht there are too many cats on co. this site used to be 99% hamsters, and I loved it then despite the cat-paucity. and now with cats ruling the roost it is even better!
holy kittin mittins batman!!!
more toes to snorgle...
Is it just me or do pics of sleepy aminals make you sleepy too? Makes me just wanna curl up with my mini schnauzer and take a nice wittle nhap
MITTENS MITTENS MITTENS!!!
As I firmly believe, with kittens with extra toes, there is simply more to love. Teh Kittehs are delectable no matter how many toeses they sport.
...And for anybody worried/grossed out by polydactylism, it's a very common and perfectly harmless genetic VARIANT, not defect, in cats. Some of the polys I've known have been some of the healthiest, lovingest, most wonderful cats EVER.
I can't quite tell from the photos, but the kitteh might not be just polydactyl but rather have the start of a second paw (there's not only toes, but a second paw-pad). Our old kitty Shiro had the start of a second pad, making for huge front feet. As long as we kept an eye on his nails, which grew quickly and could hook into his new toes and pad, he was quite all right...he once caught a hummingbird, just to show what a good hunter he was!
Amstel, move over, I'm coming there. :)
Drat, can't find the name for the condition in which the second paw forms, but here's a link to Reilly, a kitten with toes 'n' toes 'n' toes, and an extra paw-pad on each front foot: http://www.siue.edu/~cbwilso/reilly.htm
Reilly looks like a CO candidtate, too!
(And if the Empire had had Amstel at its disposal, those wretched Rebels would never have won...he's way cuter than any smelly Ewok!)
Lisa-
of jenny's litter, we only kept jelly (the black & white) and the rest went to good homes. jelly is a lot bigger now and seems to have only one thing wrong with him now that's he's gown up-- he's one of the most evil little cat's i know!!! i mean, sure EVERY time i sit down he comes over, even when i push him away, and he loves being held like a baby, but don't let that fool you!!! he and his fellow minions are constantly breaking/ruining/jumping upon EVERYTHING in sight!! our table looked like the isle at a marriage because we HAD roses up there, but hy knocked all the petals off of them and scattered them all over the table. and our poor, poor christmas tree...do i need to say more?? ahhh the joys of owning an extra-thumbed cat...
and bats:
ewoks were one of the best and cutest of the characters in star wars!!! how can you not love giant, suicidal teddy bears?? and they're not smelly... yur just too cruel =(
Oh my - I think she is my Max kitty's long lost sibling! She is adorable! Max is a poly as well and yes, he uses those paws to open cabinets and steal straws out of glasses and get into much other mischief!
2 pics of Max for you :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/harperking/kitten/snoozin.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/harperking/kitten/socute.jpg
Soon the new kitty species will rule the earth...yay
woot! we have new cuteness category - SCARY CUTE
My kitty opens doorknobs already.... It scares the heck out of me.
Hey, Harperking, love the pictures of Max. Cutecutecute!!!! What a great smile on his sleepy little face.