PENDLETON — When Charly Hotchkiss moved to Pendleton in early January to take a new job , she brought along an Instagram celebrity. Thumbz, her 28-toed cat. The orange feline has the congenital ...

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"He fits perfect in our home!" wrote Jinx the polydactyl cat's new owner, after the feline quickly gained fans on social media Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's ...

PENDLETON, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s an Oregon cat with 28 toes. Thumbz is almost 12 years old. His owner, Charly Hotchkiss, took him in when she lived in New Mexico with her parents. Thumbz has seven ...

Cat lovers are often enamored by feline “toe beans” — a cat’s cute and tiny jellybean-shaped paw pads. But did you know there are some extra special cats out there with even more toe beans to love?

A cat with lots of extra toes has melted hearts online this week after a video of her "making biscuits" was viewed over 900,000 times. Not the only feline to delight viewers this week, a video of two ...

Many fictional characters in film and literature are known for having polydactyly, which is when someone is born with extra fingers or toes: the count from “The Princess Bride,” Zigzag from “The Thief ...