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Title: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: vesta111 on June 21, 2014, 09:12:42 AM

Back in the 1970's I had a room mate in at a post birth room at the Army hospital in Honolulu . The Military dependent had given birth the same day as I had,, My baby had been born weighing 4 pounds and was in the incubator section, her baby was over 5 pounds and as she told me due for surgery for a genetic condition that had gone through the mothers line for generations.

What was this, her baby as she, her mother and grandmother and into the past was born with 6 fingers and toes on each limb.  So why if the extra of fingers and toes actually worked, why remove them ? 

Today 40 years later I found a site that showcased a family all with 6 fingers on each hand. A beautiful family that used the genetic problem to their benefit.    Music, all instruments that require just 5 fingers.
The second finger added other sounds  to the music .

So why do we try to alter humans as they are today ?    Who knows what these genetic throw backs can do
benefit human KIND ?




 , piano,

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: El Jefe on August 09, 2014, 03:15:27 PM

I'd imagine she decided to have it done so her child wouldn't be called a freak by other kids as they grew up.

Kids can be very cruel at times.

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: marv on August 10, 2014, 10:13:25 AM

(http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980w/public/2014/06/21/wcup_six_finger_family_bsb117.jpg?itok=tMAw2Pqr)

Polydactyly is a genetic condition (http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/polydactyly). But removing the "extra" digit doesn't remove the gene that causes it.

I first read about it as a kid in the late forties (in one of Ripley's "Believe it or Not" paperbacks) about a town in Spain where almost everybody had six digits.

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: Big Dog on August 10, 2014, 11:08:58 AM

Do you know what would be some really weird and strange genetics?

(http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/sharktopus_poster.jpg)

Bonus: I think that gal has 6 fingers.

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 10, 2014, 01:10:05 PM

Double good.....twice as many middle fingers to flip off DUmmies.

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: ColonelCarrots on August 11, 2014, 08:16:17 AM

One of Goliath's (I think brother) relatives.

1 Chronicles 20:6 (KJV)
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: freedumb2003b on August 11, 2014, 08:20:49 AM

You can't stop evolution:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/e3/bf/0c/e3bf0c312420cf86b192895ac885d8e7.jpg)

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: Dori on August 11, 2014, 09:59:46 AM

Buying gloves and shoes to fit must be a real pain.

Which finger do they wear their wedding ring on?

Can they pull the trigger on a gun?

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: Big Dog on August 11, 2014, 09:43:07 PM

Quote from: Dori on August 11, 2014, 09:59:46 AM

Buying gloves and shoes to fit must be a real pain.

Which finger do they wear their wedding ring on?

Can they pull the trigger on a gun?

They could pull the triggers on 2 guns!

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on September 20, 2014, 10:59:25 AM

Imagine what a Hell of a wide receiver one of those kids could be!

 :-)

Title: Re: about weird and strange genitices
Post by: Mr Mannn on September 25, 2014, 08:39:04 AM

Quote from: Big Dog on August 10, 2014, 11:08:58 AM

Do you know what would be some really weird and strange genetics?

(http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/sharktopus_poster.jpg)

Bonus: I think that gal has 6 fingers.

Here we see why the 6th finger was removed. Movie monsters always eat the guy/gal with extra fingers first.