Baby born with 12 working fingers, 12 toes

[Endless Wake]

"Imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills.”
http://www.ktvu.com/news/18608582/detail.html

Wasn't there someone like this in Gattaca?

[Tetragrammaton]

Children of the atom.

This isn't that uncommon. I doubt the extra digits will prove to be all that useful later in life and just being different will make growing up difficult. Add to this his parents named him Hubbarb!

[Collection King 13]

WOW!

[rychehitman]

the baby is just taking after mom!

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/sammm23/sams/six-toes.jpg

[Babytoxie]

"Polydactyly": your word for the day!

[endsongjen]

wow. in most cases do they just leave them alone?

[ansel39]

the bond girl in the last bond movie had this.

[Tetragrammaton]

wow. in most cases do they just leave them alone?

I believe they leave it up to the individual/parents to decide.

[rychehitman]

they tie the extras up tight with rubber bands...then they eventually turn black and fall off

[endsongjen]

I believe they leave it up to the individual/parents to decide.
thanks. i think id decide to do it, if it didnt harm the baby. w all the teasing kids do nowadays. :/

they tie the extras up tight with rubber bands...then they eventually turn black and fall off

lol so bad.

[Tetragrammaton]

they tie the extras up tight with rubber bands...then they eventually turn black and fall off

You aren't serious?

[rychehitman]

If I was joking i'd say dip the extra in honey and stick it down a red ant hill hole!

[Teague]

I think I saw this on Schoolhouse Rock. :D

[patman]

saw a similar article in the local paper around 2 years ago. dad and son both had 12 fingers and 12 toes

[Tetragrammaton]

I don't see it as a problem as long as the digits are fully formed and functional.

[rychehitman]

I don't see it as a problem as long as the digits are fully formed and functional.

other than never being able to give a high five....:confused2

[ansel39]

they tie the extras up tight with rubber bands...then they eventually turn black and fall off

completely true

[ansel39]

other than never being able to give a high five....:confused2

yeah try sticking up the middle fingers

[rychehitman]

yeah try stinking up the middle fingers

:confused:

[endsongjen]

whaaa? this thread got weird..

[rilynil]

they tie the extras up tight with rubber bands...then they eventually turn black and fall off

I'm not sure that would work with a fully formed finger with bones inside.

[riderV3]

"Polydactyly": your word for the day!

Polydactyly usually refers to non-working extra fingers/toes, I don't know if they just use the same term in a situation like this.

[rychehitman]

Polydactyly usually refers to non-working extra fingers/toes, I don't know if they just use the same term in a situation like this.

is THAT one of your secrets??? Are you a Polydactyly?

[Alex655321]

As long as it's fully functional and looks normal other than than having an extra digit, I think they should let the kid keep them.

[riderV3]

is THAT one of your secrets??? Are you a Polydactyly?

Dude ryche if I tell you my secrets they won't be secrets no more!

[Babytoxie]

Polydactyly usually refers to non-working extra fingers/toes, I don't know if they just use the same term in a situation like this.

It's the same in either case - just refers to the extra digits, regardless of whether they function or not.

[endsongjen]

is THAT one of your secrets??? Are you a Polydactyly?

:laugh: i just had to reply to this... haha...

[nexus]

This is my college pre-med background talking (not mad scientist), but I wonder how his nervous system is wired to control the additional digits. If he has full control of four additional apendages, regardless of the size, it is quite fascinating. Or I wonder if the additional apendages are co-wired with the pinkies and/or little toes, meaning that although they have a complete range of motion, they move in tandem with a companion digit and access the same neural pathways (hmmm, would pain in one result in pain in the other). I wonder if the parents will be approached and offered money by neuroscience firms looking to study some of these and other phenomena. There could also be quite a bit of genetic research that can be conducted. Ya, ya, it's a mutation somewhere in the line. Don't get your hopes up, a couple of extra fingers and toes aren't exactly wings. Although sometimes babies are born with tails :)

[glassdancer]

eight children born.....

12 fingers and 12 toes.....

Could this possibly be the next stage in evolution..?

[Collection King 13]

eight children born.....

12 fingers and 12 toes.....

Could this possibly be the next stage in evolution..?

I thought we were suppose to lose one for evolution... :confused2

[glassdancer]

I thought we were suppose to lose one for evolution... :confused2

LOL!!!:thumbs2:

[MrYac]

As long as it's fully functional and looks normal other than than having an extra digit, I think they should let the kid keep them.

aside from the obvious problems with glove and shoe purchases the kid will probably have an eaiser time if they just chop them off now before he knows any better

[jansen]

Yeah there was a character in Gatica who was like Liberache. he can play a piece on the paino that no normal person can play. I would so teach him paino from an early age

[Babytoxie]

http://www.tumyeto.com/catalog/images/brdtm0002pl..gif

[Collection King 13]

aside from the obvious problems with glove and shoe purchases the kid will probably have an eaiser time if they just chop them off now before he knows any better

So which one do you chop??? :rolleyes2 :peoples: They are all perfect functioning fingers and toes... Leave him alone... he is healthy and thats all parents should ever care about...

[lord odin]

If that was my kid i'd travel the media circuit making money at least 2 million dollars.:confused2

[Collection King 13]

If that was my kid i'd travel the media circuit making money at least 2 million dollars.:confused2

I'm sure he will be well taken care of...

[lord odin]

I'm sure he will be well taken care of...
The money is for me not him.:confused2

[Collection King 13]

LOL!!!!

[nexus]

I thought we were suppose to lose one for evolution... :confused2

Evolutionarily, the toes on the feet have been merging for tens of thousands of years. Occasionally the last two digits do fuse together. The foot used to be very similar in function to the hand (much like in primates) until our species came down from the trees. This is evident in looking at xrays of the bones in the foot, which still bear some resemblance to their counterparts in the hand. The big toe used to be opposable like the thumb. In another 200,000-500,000 years or so (haven't done the tables myself) The four toes will likely merge and function as a single unit, and the big toe will be the only separate digit. So the kid is less an evolutionary progression, but rather a genetic glitch so to speak.

[Xvxv]

A mutant!