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Hemingway and Cats

July 21, 2025July 21, 2024 by Andy

Today would be Ernest Hemingway’s 125th birthday. His love for cats was legendary—his home in Key West is now a museum and still hosts a large colony of around 60 cats, famous for their extra toes, known as Hemingway’s polydactyl cats. Cats typically have five toes on their front paws and four on their back, … Read more

Categories Gray Zone Tags cats, extra toes, Hemingway, Key West, literature, museum, polydactyl Leave a comment

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