View Ernest Hemingway 6 Toed Cats Pictures. Key west is a small island and it is possible that many of the cats on the island are related. Cats normally have five toes in the front and four in the back;

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There are 53 cats on the property, and over half of the cats have the extra toe gene. Sailors considered the cats lucky and often brought polydactyls along for long sea voyages. Ernest hemingway was, in the minds of many, the last of a particular breed of man's man.

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There are 53 cats on the property, and over half of the cats have the extra toe gene. We are thrilled to report that all 54 of the late author's polydactyl cats survived hurricane irma's ire at his residence in key west, fl. The ernest hemingway home and museum, where the writer lived and worked for 10 years. This trait is bred in the cats.