February 21st, 2011
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Just as some people have better fine motor skills than others, some cats are able to move the individual toes of their paws separately, an unusual fine-motor control that you don’t see in many other four-legged creatures. Although many of us have a mental image of a raccoon as being exceptionally clever using his paws, don’t underestimate your cat’s dexterity at using her paws for many functions. When she reaches out to grasp something you may notice that she prepares her paw by curling it into the right shape to best be able to grip it – and then closes her paw as she makes contact with the object, demonstrating sophisticated fine-motor skills.
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and doesn’t stop. She starts meowing and then cuts it off xD
Polydactyly cats that have that extra appendage like one of my cats from eons past looked like he had an opposable thumb and he could really catch and grab stuff. LOL