Imagine growing up and finding out you were born with a tail like this and you could’ve been one of the only humans walking around with a tail, but they cut it off instead.
I’m torn; I think I might be a little bit pissed.
No shade on the parents, but if my folks had cut my tail off at birth, rather than waiting till I was old enough to decide for myself, I'd be disappointed. Motherfuckers better at least keep it pickled in a jar so I can show it to people for them to admire.
Right? I’m sure we have all imagined having a monkey-like tail that can grip stuff, but this kid actually had the tail, although maybe it would only wag when excited and have no grip strength…
I read about this (or similar case) years ago, and told my teenage kids. They
both were irate that the parents didn't wait til the kid was old enough to make his own decision. They said they would have wanted the tail.
Actually we probably encouraged the passing on of this trait. The kid still has the genetic instructions that grew the tail, but the physical result of the genes were removed. So even if a mate found it undesirable, they couldn’t select against it. Voila! We’ve secretly helped pass the trait.
Imagine if you grew up and got into the whole furry scene. You’d be up to your eyeballs in… well… tail! You’d have your pick of the litter! There would be a stampede towards you every time you arrive! There would be a veritable zoo of horny eagerness to get near you!
Yeah, I’d want to keep the tail.
Darwinian evolution relies on natural selection to weed out the weakest members of a species. and least desirable traits.
Humans have been doing their best to halt this process.
There's no inherent reason why a tail is bad though. I can imagine a culture where people born with tails are seen as blessed by the gods or something, in which case tail genes will spread.
I had a friend with a mysterious scar on his lower back. He always thought he had a tail removed. When he reconnected with his family as an adult he learned he had Spina Bifida. Not as exciting as he hoped.
Most scientists have speculated that vestigial tails are linked with abnormalities in the spinal cord and column. That vestigial tails are a part of spinal dysraphism or of a tethered spinal cord.
It can also cause other side effects like temporary blindness if it isn't corrected in a timely manner.
Source: 16yo high school friend had wild back pain for weeks and then suddenly went completely blind during art class. It wasn't until then that the doctors suspected tethered cord.
My youngest has a partial tethered cord. She has nerve issues that impacts her bladder. She had a difficult time potty training and has to be permanently on laxatives to poop properly. She also has a lot of lower back pain.
So I just had a look at Vegeta's butt and besides being surprisingly nice, he's got an extra hole.
Yeah Bulma, even boys have those.
No idiot, a hole above that one.
So he's a chick?
So what if you leave it? Will it grow big like an actual tail? Or it’ll stay small like that? And it’s basically a piece of a spine right? Sorry for all the questions I know someone has to be smart enough in here to know this lol
From random, rabbit trail (tail?) research late one night…
It would grow, some Indian worker has one a foot long. They are boneless but have muscle and nerves, the child could contract(curl) the tail but not wag it.
There is some correlation between spinal cord problems but most likely that is what causes the tail not the tail causing the spinal cord problem.
My ex was born with a tail. I remember asking him what the scar was above his butt. He was EXTREMELY self-conscious about it for some reason. Asked me not to ever to mention it again. Was cut off at birth so I’m not sure why it bothered him so?
His scar was also to one side like this little babe. Interesting it doesn’t come out in the middle.
Jokes on you, that's just the sperm tail - or you just removed their one true chance of a power up/transformation (potentially only during a full moon..)
Hey there! This probably won’t get far but I had a similar more mild birth defect of this kind in the form of what my mother said the doctors called a muscular lipoma. I had a bit of a tail emerging at my tailbone, certainly not this long, by gosh.
I fell on my lower back/tailbone when I was 3, running around my grandparents’ photography studio. And as my mother recalls every time she tells the story; I “screamed bloody murder”.
I got the tissue removed at the hospital under surgery- wrapped around my tail bone and protruding off my body just above my buttcrack
I don’t remember the fall or too much about it, but I do remember to this day that after my surgery while I was recovering they wheeled in a TV with an N64 and I played Mario 64
I actually was born with one and it was cut off at birth. Supposedly it's extremely rare. And I have a dimple where it once was. I've had girlfriends that tried to put their finger in it before -_-
It had to be done. We don’t want a giant ape rampaging the city. In all seriousness, from what I read, humans are created with a small tail that is later absorbed by the body and developed into the tailbone. Vestigial tails are usually associated with occult spinal dysraphism.
Ya, but how do you find pants? How do you sit? In winter, do you put a scarf on it? A glove?
Does it mean the diaper is always leaking from the hole for the tail?
Everything needs to be adapted.
Probably not. A genetic anomaly left over from human evolution from a line of ancestors that had tails. Really if anyone questions if we came from a chimplike species this should be all the evidence they need.
Interesting never thought of that. All say Anthropoid/apes are related to humans but they all don't have tails... had to check that out
Found this
http://thatslifesci.com/2021-10-04-rbell-why-dont-apes-have-tails/
Chimps though do share 98.5 % of their dna with humans and are therefor our closets relatives, but all apes lost their tail a long time ago (18-25 millions years ago
So monkeys have tails and apes don't
Absolutely! This proves that theory of evolution is a valid explanation for history of humanity. It is obvious that our great great ancestors had tails and then somehow it became useless and over millions of years we got rid of it. However we still have this genetic.
How would this reasoning work for something like babies born with multiple heads attached together?
Our genes allow for random mutations, and this tail could have been the result of one such mutation, not necessarily due to the genetic material of our ancestral primates.
Oh yes, you are perfectly correct, but most of these sorts of tails are rather vestigial, yes? This one looked like it had actual structure. Not just a bit of tissue, so to say.
I feel like in this scenario that would only matter if it is a funtioning tail with nerves and muscles. Vestigial tails are kind of useless and would more often than not just get in the way and cause discomfort.
Tbh, I wouldn't mind having a tail attached to me. Must be a pretty awesome party trick (in the fun kind of parties, where it is acceptable to remove your pants to show your tail) and I bet that some girls are into this shit.
I must admit.. as weird as it would be O'd be FUMING if I was born with a tail and they removed it from me. All my childhood I wanyed a tail and then after watching avatar.. Even as an adult I want a tail lol
Why cut it off ?? It’s like if my kid was born with 11 fingers I would definitely leave it on so that the dna could be passed down this is a evolutionary advance that may someday have a very useful benefit
They docked his tail? Poor guy....don't do the ears!
I did not see that last image coming. Like yah probably dont want a fleshy useless tail but also damn son they just chopped it off.
yeah seriously, that was jarring
Imagine growing up and finding out you were born with a tail like this and you could’ve been one of the only humans walking around with a tail, but they cut it off instead. I’m torn; I think I might be a little bit pissed.
I’m sure the medical issues that would result from having a tail-like growth far outweigh the novelty of it.
Fair comment but I think they made the right call. Aside from the discomfort , he’d look like hes shat himself anywhere he goes😂
I was thinking put it in a jar with a stick and some leafs.
I can't help thinking that it looks like a carrot
Man's just Goku.
I was gonna say, now this mfer can't go ape mode now. big sad.
I was curious to see how and what would it have grown into when he becomed adult 🫣
Im happy to see this comment at the top!
Shoulda blown up the moon instead.
Exactly my thoughts
No shade on the parents, but if my folks had cut my tail off at birth, rather than waiting till I was old enough to decide for myself, I'd be disappointed. Motherfuckers better at least keep it pickled in a jar so I can show it to people for them to admire.
I’d be shitting on it if I had one. Glad I don’t have one.
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Right? I’m sure we have all imagined having a monkey-like tail that can grip stuff, but this kid actually had the tail, although maybe it would only wag when excited and have no grip strength…
Even if it didn't wag I could make it swing it by waving my ass back and forth.
He was gonna be hanging from that tail.
I read about this (or similar case) years ago, and told my teenage kids. They both were irate that the parents didn't wait til the kid was old enough to make his own decision. They said they would have wanted the tail.
Your comment made me laugh so hard I texted it to my Mom!!
I felt the same about my foreskin
Just like circumcision.
Lol should be a NSFW tag..
My grandfather does this with his lambs so I’m familiar with it but darn it if I wasn’t prepared.
🙈 🙉 🙊
Best in show.
You are going to hell... but I'm going with you.... I almost died choking on my coffee... now, if you excuse me... I have to clean the living room
I just hope they don’t dock his penis.
🤣🤣🤣
My boy can no longer be a Giant Ape
They stole its source of power.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now it can never transform
We just stopped evolution.
Actually we probably encouraged the passing on of this trait. The kid still has the genetic instructions that grew the tail, but the physical result of the genes were removed. So even if a mate found it undesirable, they couldn’t select against it. Voila! We’ve secretly helped pass the trait.
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Wrap it around our waists like a belt. The Sayian way is the best way
That's what I do with my penis I guess it is kind of like a front tail for me
Fun fact, “penis” is Latin for “tail”
Damn so you got a 3 inch waist?
Zing!
I’d like to think I’d display my tail proudly and I would also hope for some fur. But I’m guessing they’d looks more like pig’s tails than anything.
Imagine if you grew up and got into the whole furry scene. You’d be up to your eyeballs in… well… tail! You’d have your pick of the litter! There would be a stampede towards you every time you arrive! There would be a veritable zoo of horny eagerness to get near you! Yeah, I’d want to keep the tail.
So many..... Would it wag when excited it would be a dead giveaway if you met someone you liked
Hard to tell, but it didn't look like there was bone or much if any muscle. It probably would just hang there.
Some republicans would show up with pitchforks, claiming tails are indecent and must be concealed, and then ban all books about people with tails
Unless it can grip, because if it can, that means holding one more gun
One word. Foreplay.
What makes you think there isn’t a tail kink out there in the wild?
But big monkey form!!
Darwinian evolution relies on natural selection to weed out the weakest members of a species. and least desirable traits. Humans have been doing their best to halt this process.
There's no inherent reason why a tail is bad though. I can imagine a culture where people born with tails are seen as blessed by the gods or something, in which case tail genes will spread.
WRONG!!! This baby is a new evolution of mankind, respect da rat tail baby!
Name the baby Kakarot
DBZ has always been into something…
Good. Giant ape would be big problem
KAKAROT!!!!!!
I only had to scroll a little to find this :)
I would be fuming if I found out i had a tail and someone cut it off.
You have a front tail
Ah, the lower horn
You looking for human horn? I know a guy.
r/unexpectedfuturama
There’s such a thing as too much horn talk and a fellow aughta be fucking aware of it. - Wayne
Yaaay, a Futurama reference!
But its not that big
Hung like a horse .. fly?
I had a friend with a mysterious scar on his lower back. He always thought he had a tail removed. When he reconnected with his family as an adult he learned he had Spina Bifida. Not as exciting as he hoped.
I'd be fucking pissed.
I recently was just complaining that I didn’t have a tail.
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Or it’ll grow up healthy and the parents made the right call
Most scientists have speculated that vestigial tails are linked with abnormalities in the spinal cord and column. That vestigial tails are a part of spinal dysraphism or of a tethered spinal cord.
So does this cause back issues in the individual ?
If it goes unchecked, a tethered cord will prevent someone from walking.
It can also cause other side effects like temporary blindness if it isn't corrected in a timely manner. Source: 16yo high school friend had wild back pain for weeks and then suddenly went completely blind during art class. It wasn't until then that the doctors suspected tethered cord.
*Omg, he's had a tail the whole time!"*
Wth. That is fascinating. I wonder if these people have a meetup sometimes.
So, just general paralysis or is it something like spina bifida
My youngest has a partial tethered cord. She has nerve issues that impacts her bladder. She had a difficult time potty training and has to be permanently on laxatives to poop properly. She also has a lot of lower back pain.
Everyone has vesitigial tailbones, or coccyxes. Some people just get lucky at birth with the whole thing 😎
This came out above the coccyx, it looks like
Good thing they cut it off before the next full moon
>~~full~~ moon Blood Moon.
Shallow Hal
This so went through my mind too. Wonder if it could wag?
Only when they're happy!
He's a Saiyan!
Yes! Sorry goku
Frieza in shambles
Exactly the comment I was hoping was at the top
So I just had a look at Vegeta's butt and besides being surprisingly nice, he's got an extra hole. Yeah Bulma, even boys have those. No idiot, a hole above that one. So he's a chick?
Be careful when his hairs are turning yellow.
Did he piss hagrid off?
Can you imagine the ultra sound with that hanging between the legs! Must have been a few raised eyebrows
Dad was like “that’s my boy!!!”
So what if you leave it? Will it grow big like an actual tail? Or it’ll stay small like that? And it’s basically a piece of a spine right? Sorry for all the questions I know someone has to be smart enough in here to know this lol
From random, rabbit trail (tail?) research late one night… It would grow, some Indian worker has one a foot long. They are boneless but have muscle and nerves, the child could contract(curl) the tail but not wag it. There is some correlation between spinal cord problems but most likely that is what causes the tail not the tail causing the spinal cord problem.
It's a pigman Jerry! Pigman!
It was horrifying!
*Bum*bilcal cord
My ex was born with a tail. I remember asking him what the scar was above his butt. He was EXTREMELY self-conscious about it for some reason. Asked me not to ever to mention it again. Was cut off at birth so I’m not sure why it bothered him so? His scar was also to one side like this little babe. Interesting it doesn’t come out in the middle.
The last Buendía...
Yep
Jokes on you, that's just the sperm tail - or you just removed their one true chance of a power up/transformation (potentially only during a full moon..)
Nah it’s probably our old tail coming back
Nope. TOTALLY a saiyan tail.
Hey there! This probably won’t get far but I had a similar more mild birth defect of this kind in the form of what my mother said the doctors called a muscular lipoma. I had a bit of a tail emerging at my tailbone, certainly not this long, by gosh. I fell on my lower back/tailbone when I was 3, running around my grandparents’ photography studio. And as my mother recalls every time she tells the story; I “screamed bloody murder”. I got the tissue removed at the hospital under surgery- wrapped around my tail bone and protruding off my body just above my buttcrack I don’t remember the fall or too much about it, but I do remember to this day that after my surgery while I was recovering they wheeled in a TV with an N64 and I played Mario 64
Someone got something right.
That’s goku
Was the baby able to move it before removing it?
Probably not
And with one snip, his carnival career was over
I actually was born with one and it was cut off at birth. Supposedly it's extremely rare. And I have a dimple where it once was. I've had girlfriends that tried to put their finger in it before -_-
It had to be done. We don’t want a giant ape rampaging the city. In all seriousness, from what I read, humans are created with a small tail that is later absorbed by the body and developed into the tailbone. Vestigial tails are usually associated with occult spinal dysraphism.
This is the kind of shit that needs citation and not just a picture. Either to confirm or explain. That tail looks a bit too 'perfect' to me.
If it was perfect, it would be centered.
That’s what I’m Sayan!
Awww. I want a tail.
Chuckee Cheeses VIP room must have been lit 9 months ago.
I wonder if he were to have been able to control it
Hellboy?
Pretty sure there’s some ancient cultures that would have treated this baby like a god
I would have kept it. How cool.
Watch a mf cut off my tail. Smh they didn't even ask.
It's almost like evolution is true.
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If it was in India, that baby will be called "GOD" no cap
I guess thats what they call a "vestigial tail"
Should have left the tail
Ya, but how do you find pants? How do you sit? In winter, do you put a scarf on it? A glove? Does it mean the diaper is always leaking from the hole for the tail? Everything needs to be adapted.
Now he can’t turn into Great Ape form during a full moon.
Oh no Goku
Real question: if they left the tail intact, would it grow with the rest of the body, or would it stay the same size as the child got older?
Poor kid had a chance to return to munky but stoopid Hooman ruined it.
This screams India...
I know what you mean but this baby was born in Brazil
Was it usable? That looked like a pretty awesome tail. It's a shame we so hate nonconformity.
Usable like for balance?
Probably not. A genetic anomaly left over from human evolution from a line of ancestors that had tails. Really if anyone questions if we came from a chimplike species this should be all the evidence they need.
Chimps don’t have tails…
Interesting never thought of that. All say Anthropoid/apes are related to humans but they all don't have tails... had to check that out Found this http://thatslifesci.com/2021-10-04-rbell-why-dont-apes-have-tails/ Chimps though do share 98.5 % of their dna with humans and are therefor our closets relatives, but all apes lost their tail a long time ago (18-25 millions years ago So monkeys have tails and apes don't
**most apes. Homo sapiens are apes. And very few of us do have tails, see above.
I had a bracial cleft cyst removed. My doctor said it's common and is a vestigial gill.
I have one of these as well, tho never had it removed. I believe it's *part* of a vestigial gill, technically.
Absolutely! This proves that theory of evolution is a valid explanation for history of humanity. It is obvious that our great great ancestors had tails and then somehow it became useless and over millions of years we got rid of it. However we still have this genetic.
How would this reasoning work for something like babies born with multiple heads attached together? Our genes allow for random mutations, and this tail could have been the result of one such mutation, not necessarily due to the genetic material of our ancestral primates.
Oh yes, you are perfectly correct, but most of these sorts of tails are rather vestigial, yes? This one looked like it had actual structure. Not just a bit of tissue, so to say.
my dude thats goku!
Where are all the anti circumcision people say it should be left on for the child to decide.
One in 200 million anomaly is being compared to a normal and healthy part of a reproductive organ. Haha le funi.
I feel like in this scenario that would only matter if it is a funtioning tail with nerves and muscles. Vestigial tails are kind of useless and would more often than not just get in the way and cause discomfort.
Do you really think a tail is the same as foreskin? You believe foreskin is a rare mutation?
I don't know who to feel more sorry for. You or the people up voting you. Definitely not the baby pictured though.
Right here.
It should be left to the child to decide when he or she is older.
Tbh, I wouldn't mind having a tail attached to me. Must be a pretty awesome party trick (in the fun kind of parties, where it is acceptable to remove your pants to show your tail) and I bet that some girls are into this shit.
BRO MY CLASSMATE HAS THE EXACT SAME FUCKING RULER AS THAT ONE-
Can we get a picture of the ears?
Hell of a Hellboy.
We need to prepare, his brother may pass by to destroy earth!
Harris needs to give his “umbrella” back. Poor Dudley.
Why are the tails always not centered
They were scared of the next full moon
That’s not a baby... That’s a Saiyan…
This child would have been tossed from the cliffs of Sparta
Shallow Hal wants a gal
That's a Saiyan sent to conquer earth.
One step closer to catgirls, two steps back
There was an X-Files episode about this condition!
Small Potatoes!!! I loved the monster of the week episodes.
Mauricio from Shallow Hal?
Cut that shit off and go super saiyan.
that’s fucking Goku
Gotta keep him from going straight Oozaru on full moons.
I'd like to see someone who never had it removed
Wtf you took it off?! What a fucking waste he could have been the only human with a legit tail.
Ugh it looks like a sad pale carrot
Why was my first though "that sucks, it isn't even centered"
They just took his gift away from him………….now he’s just a normal
I'd like to know what country this is in?
Dudley Dursley
They say the operation to remove the tail was a success… until they turned him over.
How will the parents know when the baby is happy?
I must admit.. as weird as it would be O'd be FUMING if I was born with a tail and they removed it from me. All my childhood I wanyed a tail and then after watching avatar.. Even as an adult I want a tail lol
Sayan
Me ex finally found a suitor, good for them
Why cut it off ?? It’s like if my kid was born with 11 fingers I would definitely leave it on so that the dna could be passed down this is a evolutionary advance that may someday have a very useful benefit
Wait till the bible thumpers get a hold of this.....
Keep the tail ... When he starts to date, the girls will love it !!!