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Garfield Sobers is another example.


* West Indian UsefulNotes/{{cricket}}er Garfield Sobers, considered the greatest all-rounder[[note]]a player skilled enough at batting and bowling to earn a place in the starting Xi in either role[[/note]] in the sport's history, was born with an extra finger on each hand. The extras were surgically removed when he was an infant.



* There is a related congenetic condition, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triphalangeal_thumb Triphalangeal Thumb]], where the thumb is developed with a third phalanx. Depending on the expression of how the "thumb" is developed, it can give the appearance of a hand [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familial_opposable_triphalangeal_thumbs_duplication with five]] ([[ExaggeratedTrope or more]]) unopposable fingers, [[InvertedTrope but no thumb]].
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat Cats with polydactyly]] are surprisingly common in real life. Creator/ErnestHemingway kept several, and as it's an inheritable trait, they can still be found around his old house in Key West. This trait is especially common in Maine Coons.

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* There is a related congenetic congenital condition, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triphalangeal_thumb Triphalangeal Thumb]], where the thumb is developed with a third phalanx. Depending on the expression of how the "thumb" is developed, it can give the appearance of a hand [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familial_opposable_triphalangeal_thumbs_duplication with five]] ([[ExaggeratedTrope or more]]) unopposable fingers, [[InvertedTrope but no thumb]].
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat Cats with polydactyly]] are surprisingly common in real life. Creator/ErnestHemingway kept several, and as it's an inheritable trait, they their descendants can still be found around his old house in Key West. This trait is especially common in Maine Coons.

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