You won't believe this new Guinness World Record for the most fingers and toes on a living person.
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#1 Devendra Suthar, from Himmatnagar in Gujarat, in India, has more digits than anyone else on the planet - something that is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
#2 The 43 year old professional carpenter suffers from a condition called Polydactylism.
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#3 He has seven fingers on each hand and seven toes on each foot - though two of his toes are joined.
#4 Now, he has to focus on not accidentally slicing one of them off at work. Something he dreads every day.
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#5 People from far away come along with their children to see the 'man with seven fingers' and Devendra says he enjoys all the attention. He said how people treat him as a 'celebrity' and that the staring and pointing makes him feel 'special'.
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#6 The tradesman also said how he enjoys entertaining children by performing odd tricks with the extra digits.
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#7 Devendra said, "Because of my extra fingers people here treat me as a celebrity. The children love to see me do little tricks with my fingers."
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#8 "I consider my extra fingers and toes definitely are lucky for me and I do not want to cut them off."
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#9 But his carpentry work is becoming difficult, and he recently cut 3 fingers and was afraid he may lose them. He and his wife believe the extra digits are a blessing and give Devendra special powers.
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#10 He says, "The extra fingers and toes certainly troubles me at times. I am a carpenter and work mostly with saw and hammer. I have to always be careful to avoid the fingers."
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#11 All of the attention by locals eventually brought the Guinness Book of World Records to his small town, where they filmed him and took photos to add him to their latest book where he holds the record for "Human With The Most Fingers & Toes."
