How many toes is a cat supposed to have?
Off the top of your head, you'd probably imagine that it's just like a human, right? Ten fingers and ten toes. If you've spent a lot of time around cats, you know the answer is actually 18. Most cats have five toes on each front foot and four toes on each back foot.
There's a common genetic mutation, however, called polydactyl, that can make some cats have extra toes. These kitties are sometimes called Hemingway cats, because the writer had a polydactyl cat in his home. Just how many toes can a cat have, though? Meet the new world-record holder.
This is Paws. Paws, who lives up to her name, has 28 toes, which ties her for the Guinness World Record with one other cat. Evenly spread out, she has three extra toes on each paw, front and back.
