# What bodily quirks/mutations/oddities do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104 "2014-02-11T23:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/61 "2014-02-12T22:21:50Z")
I can snap my right baby toe, by lifting it up and over the other toes and then snapping it down. It sounds like snapping fingers. I discovered it as a kid, reading some book (sci fi or perhaps ninja warriors) where a character was exploring moving single muscles or something like that, so I tried it … one thing led to another and I discovered this little trick. I suppose it’s a good thing I started with my toes, or perhaps this post would be very different. I’ve never heard of anyone else being able to do this, but then … why would I? I suppose I should post a video. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/62 "2014-02-12T22:43:31Z")
I failed to develop two permanent lower molars. I also had a [branchial cleft cyst](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchial_cleft_cyst) that appeared in my neck in my early 20s. “Branchial cleft cysts are remnants of embryonic development and result from a failure of obliteration of one of the branchial clefts, which in fish develop into gills.” Yet I never learned to swim. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/63 "2014-02-12T23:26:02Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > I can snap my right baby toe, by lifting it up and over the other toes and then snapping it down. It sounds like snapping fingers. I discovered it as a kid, reading some book (sci fi or perhaps ninja warriors) where a character was exploring moving single muscles or something like that, so I tried it … one thing led to another and I discovered this little trick. I suppose it’s a good thing I started with my toes, or perhaps this post would be very different. Dune? It’s part of the Bene Gesserit training- that’s what inspired me to try toe twitching 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/64 "2014-02-13T00:58:14Z")
I didn’t know until the dentist told me that I have fairly prominent mandibular tori. Might be related to my previous habit of jaw clenching. I also apparently have a rib that is shorter than usual. My pinky finger is much shorter in relation to my other fingers - makes typing a little difficult. Other than that, my quirks are all mental. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/65 "2014-02-13T01:26:17Z")
Damn, I’m realizing that apparently I’m a bit of a freak. I posted two oddities upthread, but I completely forgot two more. [ul] [li]Around the age of 12, I had a SECOND set of adult teeth begin to develop and replace my first set of adult teeth. To this day, every time I go to the dentist, he always remarks on my odd placement of teeth. My orthodontist was never able to get all of them exactly into the right spot. My teeth are straight, just oddly sorted.[/li][li]I have webbed toes on both feet. The two toes next to the big toe are joined up to just past the first knuckle by skin, on both feet. [These](http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/355/c/a/Webbed_toes_by_TheCountW.jpg) are not my toes, but they look like this.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/66 "2014-02-13T01:27:36Z")
I’m double jointed on my fingers and toes, and have a hitchhiker’s thumb. I also stutter, which might count as it’s a combination of a physical and psychological trait. ETA: Forgot one other thing - my thumbs have different shapes. One is long and thin, the other short and stubby. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/67 "2014-02-13T02:21:48Z")
I had a birthmark shaped exactly like a poodle on my left ankle. It’s faded away as I’ve gotten older. I can pop my arms out of joint at the shoulder and pop them back in at will. I can bend my thumbs all the back to touch my wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mander)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/68 "2014-02-13T04:10:35Z")
I have hitchhikers thumbs and hyper-flexible fingers. I am also very flat footed in just one foot. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/69 "2014-02-13T04:24:12Z")
On my upper left arm near the shoulder is a mutant hair with no pigment that doesn’t stop growing. I’ve seen it up to 8 inches at least. It’s thin and nearly impossible to see except in low sunlight. I usually notice it when it curls out enough to get trapped in clothing, then I snip it. Don’t have one like it on the right arm. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/70 "2014-02-13T07:17:06Z")
I have a long xiphoid process. It runs in my father’s family. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/71 "2014-02-13T08:07:07Z")
> [@FightMyIgnorance](#): > > Oh, I thought that stuff was always apocryphal. No way schools made guys undress in front of each other! :o Not only did we have mandatory showers after gym class, but also nude swimming every day for 6 weeks every semester. And yes, I do remember the one guy who wasn’t circumcised. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/72 "2014-02-13T12:32:19Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Not only did we have mandatory showers after gym class, but also nude swimming every day for 6 weeks every semester. And yes, I do remember the one guy who wasn’t circumcised. That reads like the first two sentences of a tell-all autobiography. Good beach read. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/73 "2014-02-13T14:42:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I can touch the back of my hand with the fingers on that same hand. I can, but only with the index / pinky fingers. I am also generally more flexible than people of my age and gender. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/74 "2014-02-13T14:58:01Z")
I’m missing some knee ligaments but that’s due to accident and misdiagnosis rather than birth. I’ll have to get that fixed sometime. I have unusually colored eyes. They look green to me in the mirror, dark green on the outside getting lighter towards the pupil with some flecks of light brown. But others tell me they look blue, green or grey depending on what I am wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/75 "2014-02-13T15:48:42Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I have a couple of genuine genetic mutations, sort of a real life version of Wolverine’s mutant healing factor. My blood clots extremely easily and quickly. Unfortunately, in real life, the costs outweigh the benefits. If you’re referring to the Factor V Leiden mutation and/or prothrombin mutations, and if you were tested for them sometime between 2002 and 2008, there’s a nonzero chance that I was the one that performed the test that diagnosed you. As for me, it’s not really a superpower or anything, but my pancreas just up and died for no good reason a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/76 "2014-02-13T16:13:07Z")
> [@sugarcookie](#): > > My Mother told me that when I was born I “stopped” 1/2 way through and the doctor pulled me out using forceps. So! I have a very red forceps mark on the small of my back. The mark is very noticeable to others…and of course, difficult for me to see. Not long ago I saw a dermatologist (for reasons unrelated to the mark) but she saw it and absolutely insisted that it is a port wine birthmark, not a forceps mark…but I tend to believe my own Mother who wouldn’t have any reason to make it up. I still have dents just above both ears where the forceps were used to pull me out. One is now a slight dip; the other is a shallow crater. If I brush my hair back, you can see it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/77 "2014-02-13T16:43:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Heterochromia iridum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum) - Huh. According to that article I must have central heterochromia because my eyes look just like the one in the picture. I’ve assumed the goldish rings around my pupils was related to the fact that my eyes change color. Like **Filbert** , I can move my little toes on their own. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/78 "2014-02-13T17:09:56Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Dune? It’s part of the Bene Gesserit training- that’s what inspired me to try toe twitching 😃 😃 +1 When Jessica is teaching her boy-toy Saudakar, if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/79 "2014-02-13T17:11:28Z")
I can clap with one hand. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104/80 "2014-02-13T18:41:11Z")
I have no wisdom teeth, hiding or otherwise. I can consciously open my eustachian tubes whenever I want, and can hold them open for minutes if I choose. I can also swallow without opening them, though if I don’t try to keep them closed they do open when I swallow. It isn’t all that rare for people to be able to open them briefly at will, but I’ve never heard of anybody having this much control. Can’t do them one at a time, though. My ear heights are pretty different. I have to bend glasses pretty far to get the lenses centered in front of my eyes and have both ear pieces on my ears. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-quirks-mutations-oddities-do-you-have/681104.md?page=5)