The regionalism on polydactyl cats is fascinating. At my father's Nature Coast Florida veterinary practice, people commonly call polydactyls "Mississippi Mudcats", and claim the mutation helps them cope with muddy red clay in southing Mississippi and Alabama. The legend is nonsense, but it speaks to a regional rash of polydactyls.
The most notorious regional group of polydactyls in Florida is in Key West. Ernest Hemingway was very fond of polydactyl cats, and the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West maintains a colony of about 50 cats, half of which are polydactyl.
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The most notorious regional group of polydactyls in Florida is in Key West. Ernest Hemingway was very fond of polydactyl cats, and the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West maintains a colony of about 50 cats, half of which are polydactyl.
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