Spiderbaby

CptSternn · 11-05-2007, 02:21 AM

Twin girl with eight limbs to have surgery

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wlimbs105.xml

An Indian girl born with four arms and four legs is to undergo a 40-hour operation tomorrow as doctors try to give her a chance at a normal life.

Whats funny is this is in India. They don't know whether to operate on her or worship her.

* Check the link for a (creepy) picture of the eight limbed goodness...

drewsilla · 11-05-2007, 02:30 AM

Is it wrong that I'm humming the "Spiderpig" song from the Simpson movie while reading this, and that I replaced "spiderpig" with "spiderbaby"?

Nevan · 11-05-2007, 02:46 AM

I feel really creeped out all of a sudden..

bleedingheart344 · 11-05-2007, 02:48 AM

I find it interesting. It's amazing how easily the human body can change and form like that.

Tam Li Hua · 11-05-2007, 08:50 AM

Wow...

I'm glad she's getting surgery now; hopefully, she won't remember too much about the surgery.

I hope she recovers fast! x_x;;; Poor thing..

killer_asian_Dax · 11-05-2007, 09:57 AM

Interesting. The little girl seemes happy enough in the picture. So at least she isn't hurting from her condition. I hope the surgery goes well and she gets to lead a normal full life.

drewsilla · 11-07-2007, 02:30 AM

Saw in the news how she came out of a 24-hour long surgery ok, with everything looking good for her. I'm glad, she is such a cute little thing!

PersephoneX · 11-07-2007, 03:15 AM

Strange how this is all happening so much these days. My friend and his girlfriend went through and uber rough pregnancy last year and their son was born with three fingers on his right hand. I am so scared that ten fingers and ten toes isnt a viable prerequisite anymore...

Cyntrox · 11-07-2007, 08:00 AM

If that's not something to tell your grandchildren about..

Methadrine · 11-07-2007, 08:04 AM

Hope they don't sue the makers of "Eight Legged Freaks" now...

electra73 · 11-09-2007, 01:43 PM

There was another case of twins that were fushed at the crown of the head. And another case of twins sharing one body, two heads, doctors cannot seperate these girls, medical knowledge is not advanced enough to grow an entire human body.

d.Nox · 11-09-2007, 01:52 PM

If I were her, I'd feel a bit cheated. They worshipped the baby born with a tail (Hanuman, dontcha know), but you grow eight limbs and...nothing.

††BlackRose†† · 11-09-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PersephoneX

Strange how this is all happening so much these days. My friend and his girlfriend went through and uber rough pregnancy last year and their son was born with three fingers on his right hand. I am so scared that ten fingers and ten toes isnt a viable prerequisite anymore...

Yes it is happening a lot nowdays. Is it another step in our evolution?

korinna5555 · 11-09-2007, 03:28 PM

Eight limbs or not, that is one cute kid.

Chazz · 11-10-2007, 03:57 PM

We are the only species alive who have managed to stop evolution. It is shocking how the human body can change so drastically, it took some close analysis to be able to see the extra limbs, it appears that they are coming from her back as aposed to her stomach like I expected.

If the limbs are bone-less, it should be a much easier procedure. What a shame.

Methadrine · 11-10-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chazz

We are the only species alive who have managed to stop evolution.

Clarify please.

Beneath the Shadows · 11-10-2007, 04:04 PM

"Spiderbaby, Spiderbaby, does whatever a Spiderbaby does.
Can he swing from a web? No he can't he's a... wait a minute, that does't work..."

dark_dragon_of_ice · 11-10-2007, 04:06 PM

I did a whole paper about evolution in humans. Remember a change in the gene pool is what evolution is and DNA never stays the same ...even in a sexual things due to mutation.
Our burst in technology could actually be fulling this as it provides the changing enviroment needed in evolution...Think of things such as selecting for larger babies that would not have lived (too big to get out of womb)...but now do thanks to medical tech.
Also there is an argument on our immune defenses getting weaker.
There was actually a good article on this in the new scientist.

Beneath the Shadows · 11-10-2007, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dark_dragon_of_ice

Also there is an argument on our immune defenses getting weaker.

I thought that this had more to do with our overdepedence on synthetic medicines than it does on evolutionary mechanisms.

dark_dragon_of_ice · 11-10-2007, 04:19 PM

Well you see when a species seems to not need something...it tends to lose it as its a waste of energy to make it.

korinna5555 · 11-10-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dark_dragon_of_ice

Well you see when a species seems to not need something...it tends to lose it as its a waste of energy to make it.

Because we have medicines to "replace" our immune systems.

You are both right

and Meth, if you see this, I posted a pic of my hair in the long haired peoples thread for ya.

Beneath the Shadows · 11-10-2007, 04:24 PM

Actually, I meat it on an individual basis. A single person depends on synthetic medicines, they have a weaker immune system. Even if this is true of every single person, it's still not an evolutionary trait. At least, not until several generations down the road.

dark_dragon_of_ice · 11-10-2007, 04:28 PM

yes I'm talking about it in a population..In which most people in 1st world countries have got a dependency on drugs. I'm not saying our immune systems our weak now..its just in alot of cases its stopping humans (as in a gene pool not one human) from building and maintaining their defense systems.

Cicero · 11-10-2007, 11:42 PM

dark_dragon is partly correct. Due to advances in medical technology people with traits that would previously have killed them are surviving to reproduce and pass those traits onto their offspring. This includes weaker immune systems and various genetic conditions such as sickle cell anemia. Also, with so few epidemics running rampant amongst our populations there are no selective advantages for people with natural immunity to various diseases. No selective force = no change in allele frequencies.

You've still got to remember though that immune systems aren't entirely under genetic control. In terms of nature vs. nurture it's most affected by nurture (e.g. exposure to pathogens, vaccinations, etc).

Also, species don't 'lose' things when they no longer need them. The only characteristics that ever 'disappear' are ones with a definite selective force against them. Ever wondered why seals still have finger bones?

But anyway, this young girl's condition has little to do with evolution since it was caused by a parasitic twin that fused with her very early on in their development. Her own DNA doesn't contain anything coding for those extra limbs, so her offspring will not be affected.

disorder · 11-11-2007, 12:22 AM

'...It's no longer Survival of the Fittest, it's Survival of the Dumbest.
And why have we stopped evolving? Well it's simple, all these warnings on products are keeping the morons alive. And today I have three words for you ladies and gentlemen: Let...them...go.
I'm serious, if you honestly have a friend who buys a brand new pair of sneakers, gets them home, unpacks them, gets that little package of chemicals out of them and wants to eat them...you let them.
It's one less moron to be pissing in the shallow end of our gene pool and we can get back to evolving.'

- Wil Anderson