2006-11-26 15:21:16 · 5 answers · asked by J R 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
are you talking about the cats pad that helps the cat not have such a hard time walking i think!! hope i helped
2006-11-26 15:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by linda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the heel of the paw,and aids in running faster,and quietly stalking prey.It's not vestigual at all,that's a bunch of garbage put out by a bunch of deluded people.God blessed the cats and other creatures in that way,so
that they would not starve about 6 thousand years ago,-archeological science confirms the actual age of the earth around about then.
2006-11-26 23:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by Wellll... hello then! 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi JR...it's called a dew claw. It is vestigial. Evolutionarily speaking at one time it was probably a useful 5th toe but now it is just a left over or a "vestige". It has no real purpose any longer. Cats are digitigrade animals: they run on their digits, "tiptoe". This increases their stride length, and thus their speed.
2006-11-26 23:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by ♪ Seattle ♫ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just an extra little pad.I know of no purpose for it.Dogs have them,too.
2006-11-26 23:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it controls there claws from comming in & out
2006-11-26 23:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by chevytrk1232000@yahoo.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋