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The boy with a 'tail': Baby born in Brazil had a 12-cm-long appendage with a ball-shaped mass at the tip

06/11/2021 02:59 PM | Click to read full article

A baby boy born in Brazil has a 12 cm-long appendage with a ball on the end, 'a true human tail' as revealed by the doctors. The doctors were able to successfully remove the 'chain and ball' after surgery. 

The case is extremely rare as there have been only 40 documented cases of children being born with true boneless tails.
 

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