People Flock To Baby Born With "Tail"

[matcom]

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A CAMBODIAN baby born with a 10cm "tail" has become the breadwinner for a poor family as hundreds of people flock to see her and make offerings, police say.

Yet unnamed, she was born with a spine considerably longer than normal, creating an uncharacteristic protruding tailbone, said Ngil Sophal, the police chief of Svay Chrum district 120km south-east of Phnom Penh.

"But she is healthy," he said.

"The unusual baby was born to a poor family. Now a lot of locals are going to see her."

Some were offering up to 2,000 reil (about 70 cents Australian) for a peek at the girl.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10530791%255E13762,00.html

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Does it wag when the baby's happy?

Sorry, I just had to ask... :evilgrin:

[LDS Jock]

2. just like in "Shallow Hal"

George Alexander had one I believe. Poor little girl, being exposed for this for money. :(

[FlaGranny]

10. Cute puppies! Are they

American Eskimos or Samoyeds? They look a little more like Samoyeds to me. I have an Eskie, who is my baby even though she is 8 years old.

[LDS Jock]

11. the are samoyeds

look like little polar bears though :)

[GCP]

3. One of the European royal families had this birth defect

Can't remember which one it was, maybe the Hapsburgs. Every so often, one of them was born with a tail.

[Deja Q]

4. Well, if she gets into trouble, she won't need to be picked up by the ear!

I wonder if they can do anything to get rid of the protrustion, it'll make sitting down rather difficult...

[LibLabUK]

5. Hmm..

I wonder if they can do anything to get rid of the protrustion

Yup, surgery.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. Apparently, humans have been trying to evolve a tail for several years now

But we keep cutting them off.
Duckie

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. Ah, the sideshow.

Some of the best years of my life! :loveya:

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

8. I don't foresee a bright future for this kid.

Shades of the Dionne quints.

[FlaGranny]

9. This happens more often than you might think.

Every fetus has a tail, which eventually becomes encorporated into the body as the fetus matures. Sometimes this doesn't happen and a baby is born with a tail. In modern times, the "tail" is removed usually immediately.