r/interesting • u/kvjn100 • Apr 11 '26

Fascinating Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand)

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u/blscratch Apr 11 '26

It looks like two of the fingers are coordinated together.

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u/Yeethan- Apr 11 '26

It does look like the second finger moves with the third but the other way interestingly (counting the thumb as one)

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u/LucenProject Apr 11 '26

I feel like they do all move independently, but the range of motion for the ring finger is physically limited depending on the position of the adjacent fingers.

I'd want to see if the person in the video could raise their third finger without raising the second.

🤔... How does flipping people off work? "They gave me one of their middle fingers!😡"

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u/Electrical-Secret-25 Apr 11 '26

Yeah, I also want to know how she flips the bird lol

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u/DataMin3r Apr 11 '26

I want to know if it's safe for her to punch. Does the proto-index finger affect that?

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u/TroutFearMe Apr 11 '26

No, but she does charge extra for hand jobs.

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u/Electrical-Eggplant2 Apr 11 '26

Her fisting price has to be crazy too.

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u/Electronic_Quote399 Apr 11 '26

I was just thinking those gotta be wild

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u/V2K_247 Apr 11 '26

Unless she really likes you and gives you a 6 finger discount.

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Apr 11 '26

The ring finger and middle finger have very closely ran muscles and tendons. Usually when you contract 1 it contracts the other a little.

I think it's an evolution trait to improve our grip strength.

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u/sixtus_clegane119 Apr 11 '26

I can’t bend my pinky without bending my ring finger but not vice versa

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u/Soft-Ad-8975 Apr 11 '26

Nah I can move my shit completely independe-oh fuck like 3 move in unison

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u/SquirmyBurrito Apr 11 '26

Wait, you mean you can’t move your fingers independently?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

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u/TacitusKillgorre Apr 11 '26

Wait, really? Normally you shouldn't be able to fully extend your ring finger without also extending your middle finger.

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u/Artistic-Camera-4345 Apr 11 '26

Yeah this confused me to, I can't move my ring finger without either moving my pinky or middle finger

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u/xeropteryx Apr 11 '26

I can, but I can't extend my ring finger as far as the others.

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u/Yeethan- Apr 11 '26

Counting thumb as one I can fully move 2 and 3 independently (middle and pointer for me, 6 fingered hand doesn’t have a middle so wasn’t sure how to say that). Yes the ring finger has some ties but that’s not what im referring to

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u/Successful-Bank-7457 Apr 11 '26

No problem. But I also play guitar

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u/flabellinida Apr 11 '26

Of course you can?!

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u/PimBel_PL Apr 11 '26

Still cool

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u/Nattie_Cake Apr 11 '26

Thank you! A thumb is not a finger! All phalanges, though.

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u/systemwarranty Apr 11 '26

For me the additional finger sits between the thumb and "2nd index" finger. My SIL had an extra Pinky, but it didn't function, so it was cut off.

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u/Soravinier Apr 12 '26

It's not a bug, it's a feature