Ground pounders up and around.
I hope he doesn’t grow into those feet.
If this is actually your cat, you might get him checked for acromegaly.
Not my kitty, but good to know!
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.
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.
If you are not having a very large stiff drink while you are petting them, you may be doing it wrong!
That’s rad! I want to go there some day exclusively for the cats
Not terribly rad… He was an epic alcoholic
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.
Looks like polydactyly to me, which is not uncommon in cats.
why did you name him stomp
Definitely looks more like a Pippin to me…
He’s obviously a Proudfoot.
Proudfeet
You don’t tiptoe with feets like them.
I am imagining the cat making exaggerated cartoon footstep sounds as it walks
Coconut halves
Call me crazy but I love it. Makes him even more cute!
It’s not a pathological defect though? I mean does he have health problems because of his paws?
Polydatctyly (extra toes) is not all that uncommon in cats. As far as I know it doesn’t lead to any notable negative outcomes. We had a poly cat (named Poly because that’s what the shelter called her) who lived a long and healthy life. Earnest Hemmingway famously kept and bred polydactyl cats at his home in Key West, and if you go visit the staff there still take care of their descendants.
Here’s our Poly:
I saw the Polys at Hemingway House, they all look very normal in comparison to Stomp’s big feet.
Almost all of them were taking naps in plants and under benches
I love him
I wanna see the boot not too big for the gd feet!
Stomp: “I’ll have a rum . . . . And coke.”
Bartender: “why the pause?”
Stomp: “Dunno, I’ve always had them.”
Genius
big pause or it doesn’t make sense
Massive paws would also work if you really exaggerate it. 😉
You know what they say about cats with big peets.
They need big cuddles. I’m glad he’s got an accomodating home.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills with all of these comments talking about this as if it’s a real photo and not AI slop looks like complete shit. Are the comments AI generated spam too? Are they just stupid? Am I AI generated spam?
I don’t think this is AI generated spam. There is apparently a real breed of cat that looks like this. I think you need to be less paranoid, this is lemmy.
Yup no money no karma.
No point in farming nothing.
I mean, it is reposting other peoples’ old content, and there seems to be a lot of that going on here lately. People just like the attention, I guess.
Polydactyly is not uncommon in feral cats, but I have no information about the provenience of the photo.
I am not AI spam. I am sometimes stupid.
I’d like to believe it’s not AI:
Worse than being AI, this is a newish designer breed called a highland lynx, and the polydactyl, curled ear tips, and manx tail are traits they are breeding for.
Unfortunately, its not very ethical to breed for these traits, especially the manx tail, which can cause cats to be born incontinent.
I looked into it a little using TinEye and the image predates generative AI images of this quality. I actually think it’s a photoshopped normal cat; possibly as part of that weird trend of making some small detail of a normal photo look freakish.
This photo has been around for a few years. It’s not AI.
Also my bobtail buddy
Sounds like they need to adopt a different GF
Right?! I’d go it alone with Stomp by my side.
AI stomp
I’m gonna need another photo before I believe this is real… and I just want another.
6 toes on the back paw. Including the “thumb” that’s underneath, that’s 7.
I’m pressing X to doubt on this one
