Can you bend just the last joint of your fingers?

[Dope_Simpson]

@JohnT

I can do this with every finger - bend them at a 90-degree angle.

I can also move the little toe of both feet without moving any other toe/part of my foot.

so can I! (the foot thing) why can we do it?

[drewder]

@cdhostage

Not your thumbs, but any of the four fingers on each hand. It’s odd - neither I nor anyone I speak to can bend the last joint of their figners without bending the second-to-last. Is there a good reason for this?

I can.

[HoneyBadgerDC]

All but my right pinky will do that. I have met a few other who can do it also. I cal also do weird things with my shoulder blades and stomach muscles. I think it is just muscle control.

[Chefguy]

Nope, but I have hypermobile thumbs; photo in this Wiki article.

[drewder]

I can also clap one hand like this guy. never met another person who can.

[jtur88]

No, but I can bend the proximal joint of any finger without bending the distal (last) joint. I only know one other person who can do that, and she is also Aspergers.

I can also do the one-hand-clapping ^^^, but I haven’t practiced enough to do it really well.

[Chefguy]

@jtur88

No, but I can bend the proximal joint of any finger without bending the distal (last) joint. I only know one other person who can do that, and she is also Aspergers.

I can also do the one-hand-clapping ^^^, but I haven’t practiced enough to do it really well.

Now you’ve met another. I didn’t know that it was anything unusual.

[Malleus_Incus_Stapes]

Not a single danged finger. Not unless I physically hold my finger straight with my other hand.