Baby born with 12 fingers & 12 toes; fully functional.

[lildreamer316]

Video of the cutie at link.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/18608582/detail.html

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Cool!

After I read some of the Darkover novels (sci-fi where the cool aliens have six fingers on each hand and can play musical instruments really well), I thought that would be a really great thing to have. I'm glad they don't seem inclined to mutilate the kid since they look perfectly normal.

[Auggie]

2. The gene for twelve digits is dominant over the gene for ten.

It's just a lot rarer.

[TZ]

5. I've heard about this mutation

Its the fact that the extra digits are FUNCTIONAL thats truly amazing.

[Shakespeare]

3. Was this man the father?

[Pierre.Suave]

4. Obligatory...

"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

:P

[MineralMan]

6. I hope they leave the kid's digits alone.

Since they're fully functional, I can't see any reason to remove them.

Besides, I used to have a cat with six toes on each foot. He was a real sweetie, too.

[ThomCat]

16. I hope so too.

If his family can protect him from the cruelty and bigotry of fools, he might really love having the use of that extra digit on each hand and foot. :)

[axlite]

22. Hemingway had six-toed cats.

There are still descendants of the original ones at his home in Key West - not all of them have the six toe feature, though.

[no name no slogan]

7. I hope they teach that kid how to play guitar

He could be a shredder of Randy Rhoads-like proportions.

[PittPoliSci]

8. that was my thought too!

how would said child flip the bird? was my other thought.

[PittPoliSci]

9. wow. check out that doctor's sideburns. just wow. n/t

[Orrex]

12. Was he talking? I couldn't pay attention to anything he said.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Alert Iñigo Montoya

[surrealAmerican]

11. This will require a revision of "this little piggie".

This little piggie went to market.
This little piggie stayed home.
This little piggie had roast beef.
This little piggie had none.
This little piggie went, "wee, wee, wee, wee" all the way home.
This little piggie went back out again?

[Schema Thing]

18. Or, as I used to play the "wtf, six toes??" game with my daughter:

"and this little piggie... scares the hell out of me!!!"

[Orrex]

13. Very cool, but I feel sorry for the parents

I mean, even now my little angel will barely tolerate it when we clip his paltry sum of 10 fingernails/toenails. Mom and Dad will have to hold him still for an additional four! Yikes!

[blueknight]

14. with or without 12 digits

that is a beautiful little baby

[Orrex]

21. Gorgeous, to be sure!

For raw cuteness, it's hard to top baby hands and feet!

[johnnie]

15. He's gonna kick ass in Paper, Rocks or Scissors

Cute little guy

[Blue-Jay]

17. hmmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJYMSc6ppb8

[YellowRubberDuckie]

19. The audio on that is horrible.

[skygazer]

20. Very interesting and such a beautiful baby

It's easy to see how people could miss it because they're perfect. :wow:

[axlite]

23. I say get that kid some piano lessons.

Hope he's musically inclined, though I wouldn't want him to be exploited like a freak show. Seems like that sort of thing would happen regardless.