Taken to the extreme, there is even someone with 27 digits: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/030910-Varalakshmi-Sadenahalli-Layout-V... Sincerely, Adam P. Goucher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Dyer" <ddyer@real-me.net> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] Five-fingered hands
My cat has almost fully functional extra paws and claws on the front, about half the size of the "regular" paw. It gives him a sort of "wide grip" look. Apparently it's a fairly common variant, and its a simple dominant trait.
-- so just wait a few thousand years, and see if all feral cats have it.
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