Friday, October 14, 2005

Two Tongued Cat Blog Friday

This kitty out of Dobson, N.C., is believed to be the only cat in the world with two tongues. The cat, named Five Toes, was born with two tongues and five toes on each paw.

Owner Bill Whittington said Ripley's Believe It Or Not will feature Five Toes in its 2006 guide.

I don't think Five Toes is the first name that would occur to me if I discovered my cat had two tongues. Lickity, Scratchy... Freaky!

13 comments:

Jen said...

It seems like it would fit right into one of those old Cowboy movies with the wretchedly stereotyped Indians.

"How! Cat speak with forked tongue. Heap many lies it tells"

Jamie Dawn said...

Jen: Good one!

That cat is creepy. Five Toes is a lame name.

Voracious Reader said...

Bizarre.

MCF said...

That's awesome. There's a polydactyl(extra thumbed) cat that comes around here for food, but I've never heard of a cat with two tongues. Very cool.

Dak-Ind said...

that seems like the kind of pet my mom would have. shes had some odd ones1 braille born with no eyes. boozer, neglected to the point that the ear mites ate thru her inner ear adn destroyed her equalibrium! some with missing limbs, some with extra toes. but i wonder if the extra tongue causes problems with eatting... or is it just forked and is one tongue at some point....

Jay Noel said...

That cat is so bizzare looking.
I wonder if there's a pussy out there with two sets of lips...

That's why I'm not a stand-up comedian.

cube said...

Yes, Forky is even better than Freaky & way better than Five Toes!

The polydactly paws aren't so strange, in fact, New England is full of polydactly cats. It's the forked tongue, which is the real anomaly here. It looks forked, but up & down forked versus left to right. The anomalous tongue doesn't seem to affect Forky's life. He must be great at lapping up floor spills.

cube said...

the phoenix: There is a singing kitten with human lips at:

http://rathergood.com/independent_woman

Monica said...

Ok, that is just freaky. Where do you find some of this stuff?

Darrell said...

My sister has a long-haired black cat with a number of extra toes. His name is Digit. When an exact look-alike stray cat showed up a few years ago, we started calling him "Double Digit."

cube said...

monica: I just keep my eyes & ears open. BTW, in case you're wondering, I have only 2 of each.

Topwomen said...

Darn, I wish I had two tongues! Sure would come in handy when speaking out of both sides of my mouth!

Anonymous said...

Looks like this Bill fella might have fucked this cat