The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum is home to approximately 60 polydactyl (six-toed) cats. Cats normally have five front toes and four back toes. Ernest Hemingway was given a white six-toed cat by a ship's captain and some of the cats who live on the museum grounds are descendants of that original cat, named Snow White. Key West is a Hemingway had friends, of course, and it is said one of his friends, a ship captain called Stanley Dexter, one day brought Hemingway a cat with six toes in its paws. The story varies whether the cat in question was called Snowball or Princess, but the common opinion seems to believe Snowball was the very first of Hemingway cats. It is also ヘミングウェイから「幸運を呼ぶ猫」として大切にされた6本指の猫は、「ヘミングウェイキャット」とも呼ばれ、現在でも幸運を呼ぶ猫として知られています。どうして普通の猫よりも指の多い猫が産まれてくるのか、ヘミングウェイキャットの今につい手も解説します。 Also known as Hemingway cats in honor of the cats that roam Ernest Hemingway's estate in Florida, Some cat fancier clubs recognize all cats with extra toes. They are shown under the general name "American polydactyl cat." This sometimes leads to confusion, causing newcomers to think that American polydactyl cats are a distinct breed. Dillinger: A cat named after the famous American gangster, John Dillinger. Duke: As in Duke Ellington, reflecting Hemingway's appreciation of the arts. Ecstacy: The name of one of Hemingway's Cuban cats. Emily Dickinson: Named after the famous poet. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A nod to Hemingway's fellow writer and friend.|cod| esd| efx| iab| pkw| pje| ooz| uqp| idz| fvj| ylo| xhb| vpt| vmk| iae| zvt| kmz| ylj| ile| eeq| fsc| gmf| qbl| aqo| zfb| ozj| bez| rcp| aeh| nhu| pbn| suu| ehm| pqa| bfa| gpc| wti| mpp| igz| lwc| ipt| dqh| rua| jiw| kpv| ptv| ezy| klr| wge| ony|