Counting Fingers and Toes

By Miss Cellania in Baby & Kids on Nov 12, 2008 at 10:26 am

A baby born in Leizhou, Guangdong province, China has eight toes -on each foot! The unidentified newborn also has ten fingers, but no thumbs. Doctors say the odd arrangement could be genetic, or could have been caused by environmental pollution. Link -Thanks, Ross!


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  1. stormie24
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:41 am

    this makes me really sad. What are they doing over there?? (assuming that it is environmental pollution)

  2. stacyj
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    I’ve always wished -I- had extra digits … no thumbs, though, now that’s harsh …

  3. Rocky Rook
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Environmental pollution?!? Really?! No way … not in the blessed Republic of China.

  4. JB
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    I hate to sound cyncial, but is this a Photoshop job?

  5. Scooter
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    I wonder if it would make you a better swimmer?

  6. nick
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    might make math a little easier

  7. rika
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    s/he will have troubles finding shoes…
    apart from that it’s not that bad,
    you can live and be happy with it

  8. Angstrom
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    that kid will be no push-over!

    … sorry

  9. Alex
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    That kid will count in hexadecimal …

  10. Sannhp
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    She’ll be able to count to 36 before any of her friends, she’s ahead of the game.

  11. Gail Pink
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Ahh, Such cute little baby toes!

  12. truliketrudat
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    At least eight is a lucky number in China.

  13. edc
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    birth of a superhero! [or villain?] spiderbaby!

  14. gtron
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    and this little toe ate melamine candy, and this little toe ignored the health needs of a large percentage of the population, and this little toe supported the Three Gorges dam, and this little toe couldn’t breathe the air in Beijing, and this little toe asked her friends to watch this movie so they could cry wee wee wee all the way home…
    http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/haha_america/

  15. mrmuggles
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 1:26 am

    I told you… China is producing super humans for particular tasks. This one: piano artist.

  16. Christophe
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 7:08 am

    so true gtron…

    why are we still buying Chinese products? I try not to, but if I want a [safe?] toy for my children it’s quite difficult.

  17. Neener
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    in general this would neither be genetic nor environmental, but has to do with vagaries in the development of the fetus. When these kinds of issues are serious, the mother has a miscarriage. In non-serious cases like the above, the baby survives. Do not make this a bigger deal than it is, and support children who may look different than you.


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