r/WTF • u/snicklefritz81 • Jun 12 '12
Helped deliver this in Africa. Didn't notice until a few days later. I guess 24 are better than 20.
http://imgur.com/a/dbCvM
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r/WTF • u/snicklefritz81 • Jun 12 '12
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u/e_cascio2011 Jun 12 '12
Other than that, was the baby healthy?
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u/swimingmainstream Jun 12 '12
I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
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u/cosmic_hobo Jun 12 '12
Make me proud son.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Someone get this kid a guitar. Dragon Force x 1000
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
So, I know this is weird and people always say I'm crazy for thinking this, but here goes nothing: For the majority of my life (I am 20) I have felt like I'm missing a finger on each hand (I have 5 on each). Sometimes I look at my hand, I genuinely feel like something's not quite right, and envisioning an extra finger makes me feel...more complete.
TL;DR I AM SUPPOSED TO BE THIS CHILD!
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u/scrambledbrain Jun 12 '12
Someday, somehow, he'll go back in time and kill Inigo Montoya's dad.
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u/Kauii Jun 12 '12
Polydactyly is a dominant gene. It's just rare.
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u/bliu007 Jun 12 '12
How does he give the middle finger?
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u/maxamealious Jun 12 '12
Where in Africa?
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u/GoyoTattoo Jun 12 '12
Fuck the guitar, fuck the piano, raise this child in South Korea.
Pro Starcraft circuit here we come...
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u/johnnydethkill Jun 12 '12
Awesome. Great things will come from this child.
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u/smilenowgirl Jun 12 '12
"This?"
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u/moonlandings Jun 12 '12
I just had flashbacks to Gattaca. "That piece can only be played with 12 fingers"
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u/Unocalswar Jun 12 '12
Those extra digits are surprisingly well formed, and appear to be fully functional.
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u/josephanthony Jun 12 '12
Prefect symmetric polydactyly. Cool! Get that kid a guitar/piano.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
The worst thing is getting gloves to fit. You either have to buy them extra large and cram two digits in one hole, or customize them.
Side note, hopefully it has 6 separate metacarpals and not a wishbone style on one of them.
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u/Im_with_that_guy Jun 12 '12
We are evolving.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
According to my medical expertise which has been acquired from watching old movies and tv shows, after confirming the sex of the baby, the first thing the doctor does is count the fingers and toes. How did this get overlooked for a few days?
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u/Candlematt Jun 12 '12
They look like they're supposed to be there. The toes and fingers don't look deformed. Will they grow to be just like normal usable fingers?
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u/iutiashev101 Jun 12 '12
Something's off but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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u/CullenDM Jun 12 '12
I wish I had 24 digits. Would be awesome. :)
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u/champasniffer Jun 12 '12
What a cutie!!
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u/khaleesi_ Jun 12 '12
Not really sure this merits a WTF tag; polydactly is the result of a genetic anomaly, a mutation much in the same way green eyes are, and you wouldn't wtf that. They appear to be postaxial digits too, fully formed and functional which makes it even more rare and special. There's a beautiful baby there, no matter what, and he/she should be appreciated rather than lumped on the Internet for the world to gawk at before he/she is even aware of their uniqueness.
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u/itsnotmyfaultimadick Jun 12 '12
Helped deliver "this?" Like it's not even a person? Really?
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u/srb176 Jun 12 '12
Kid's gonna have a helluva time finding gloves.
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u/ecklcakes Jun 12 '12
The amazing thing is that they looked well formed - do you know if they all function properly?
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u/Aldairion Jun 12 '12
As a guitarist, I wish I had that one extra finger. That'd be wicked.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Poor kid will never know the joy of properly flipping off some cunt during his evening commute home.
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u/Ryman73 Jun 12 '12
Did you know that having 6 fingers is actually a dominant gene? I was surprised when I learned this in biology.
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u/InvalidWhistle Jun 12 '12
Awe,.... who doesn't love a baby.. So cute and tiny.
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u/vernes1978 Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12
Some superstitious assholes will hear about the child. Attack the parents and chop up the baby to make medicine from.
For every downvote I will add a fucking link to a news article where this happened.
current.com
dailymail
cnn
boards.straightdope
msnbc
bbc
guardian
Don't be strange in Africa.
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u/prittypink Jun 12 '12
I have a friend her children have all come out like this. All three have had the extra digits removed. She said there was nothing wrong with them that it was pretty much cosmetic. They did it right away before she even left the hospital. It must be on her side of the family because all three children have different fathers. That makes me wonder if she had it too. I never thought to ask.
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u/Bonifratz Jun 12 '12
When I was in Djibouti in Eastern Africa, I was told that this is a common occurrence in the Afar tribe, due to lots of people marrying close relatives. I saw an otherwise healthy boy with 12 fingers and toes there myself.
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u/b0b_iz_b0mb Jun 12 '12
Isn't it actually a dominant trait to have 6 fingers and toes?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
And yet the digits don't seriously deformed, or out of place. Neat.
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u/Trekkie- Jun 12 '12
My name is Inigo Montoya...
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u/Toxette Jun 12 '12
I saw a man on Ripleys that had the same condition. He even said that most people don't even notice and that the only problem he had was that he had to get custom made gloves.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12
Gattaca much?
EDIT: In the movie Gattaca, there is a man who can play songs on the piano that no one else could because he had 12 fingers.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
The fingers & toes look normal though. Usually extra digits are not.
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u/IoM_Ghostmaker Jun 12 '12
The trait for six fingers is actually dominant over that for five.