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In 1889 Scientific American described a 12-year-old Moi boy from Thailand who had a soft tail almost one foot in length. In ancient literature there are many reports of adult men and women with six to seven inches tails. Today they are removed at birth.
In 1901 Ross Granville Harrison of Johns Hopkins University, Maryland USA, Described a child whose tail grew at an alarming rate. By the time the boy was six months old, his tail, which was covered by normal skin with muscular strands but without a bone, was three inches long. When he sneezed or coughed, his tail would wag or contract.
The greatest number of distinct breasts is believed to have been ten. Between 1878 and 1898, a total of 930 cases of multiple breasts were reported.
Some members of the Wadomo tribe of Zimbabwe and the Kalanga tribe of Botswana have only two toes.
