Genetics plays a large role in the
appearance and behavior of organisms. Sometimes humans can't even
imagine what mother nature prepared for us.
Chandra Wisnu (The Bubble Skin Man) is a married father of four living in Indonesia afflicted by an extreme case ofNeurofibromatosis type I (NF-1), a tumor disorder that is caused by a gene malfunction and causes non-cancerous lumps. The disease is genetic and affects up to one in 2500 people.
Ricky Naputi is so overweight that he cannot move his body without gasping for air. He lives on the beautiful island of Guam, but is unable to frequent the beaches because island transportation cannot support his size.
Ed, the star of a TLC special, "My Giant Face Tumor," suffers from Neurofibromatosis, a disorder that causes tumors to grow uncontrollably along nerve shafts. These tumors have completely taken over his face, robbing him of sight, eroding his skull and causing deep emotional scars.
Yang Guanghe pulls a vehicle with his eye sockets in Anshun, Guizhou Province of China on April 28, 2012. Yang Guanghe dragged a 1.6 ton vehicle successfully.
Guinness World Records officials have measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi to confirm his height of 21.5 inches (54.6 centimeters). That makes him not only the world's shortest living man but the world's shortest person ever recorded in Guinness' 57-year history.
David Petrovic, 4, of Serbia is a real-life human magnet. He and his cousin, Luke Lukic, 6, have the medically unexplained ability to attract metallic objects.
A Las Vegas man with a 100-pound scrotum needs surgery that isn't covered by Nevada Medicaid. Now, he's taking his story to the media.
Eye-popping contest winner, Jalisa Thompson, from Atlantic City, took the top honor and the $500 prize for first place at the Ripley's 15th annual Great Face Off.
Yoandri Hernandez Garrido, 37, is known as "Twenty-Four" because he has 12 fingers. Hernandez, who lives in Baracoa, Cuba, is proud of his extra digits because they enable him to make a living by scrambling up palm trees to cut coconuts and posing for photographs with tourists.
Carpenter Sintayehu Tishale, 42, hammers in a nail using his feet on July 9, 2011 in his workshop in Welete Suk, on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Akshat Saxena had 34 fingers and toes at birth in India in 2010. That set a Guinness World Record for most digits, although doctors later amputated many of them in 2011.
Supatra Sasuphan eats lunch in Ratchabophit school in Bangkok, Thailand on February 28, 2011. After Supatra was named the 'hairiest girl in the world' by Guinness, she says that getting the award has boosted her confidence and she has taken up dancing, singing, and acting. She loves listening to Thai pop music and makes her own dance routines to the latest hits with her friends.
Chandra Wisnu (The Bubble Skin Man) is a married father of four living in Indonesia afflicted by an extreme case ofNeurofibromatosis type I (NF-1), a tumor disorder that is caused by a gene malfunction and causes non-cancerous lumps. The disease is genetic and affects up to one in 2500 people.
Ricky Naputi is so overweight that he cannot move his body without gasping for air. He lives on the beautiful island of Guam, but is unable to frequent the beaches because island transportation cannot support his size.
Ed, the star of a TLC special, "My Giant Face Tumor," suffers from Neurofibromatosis, a disorder that causes tumors to grow uncontrollably along nerve shafts. These tumors have completely taken over his face, robbing him of sight, eroding his skull and causing deep emotional scars.
Yang Guanghe pulls a vehicle with his eye sockets in Anshun, Guizhou Province of China on April 28, 2012. Yang Guanghe dragged a 1.6 ton vehicle successfully.
Guinness World Records officials have measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi to confirm his height of 21.5 inches (54.6 centimeters). That makes him not only the world's shortest living man but the world's shortest person ever recorded in Guinness' 57-year history.
David Petrovic, 4, of Serbia is a real-life human magnet. He and his cousin, Luke Lukic, 6, have the medically unexplained ability to attract metallic objects.
A Las Vegas man with a 100-pound scrotum needs surgery that isn't covered by Nevada Medicaid. Now, he's taking his story to the media.
Eye-popping contest winner, Jalisa Thompson, from Atlantic City, took the top honor and the $500 prize for first place at the Ripley's 15th annual Great Face Off.
Yoandri Hernandez Garrido, 37, is known as "Twenty-Four" because he has 12 fingers. Hernandez, who lives in Baracoa, Cuba, is proud of his extra digits because they enable him to make a living by scrambling up palm trees to cut coconuts and posing for photographs with tourists.
Carpenter Sintayehu Tishale, 42, hammers in a nail using his feet on July 9, 2011 in his workshop in Welete Suk, on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Akshat Saxena had 34 fingers and toes at birth in India in 2010. That set a Guinness World Record for most digits, although doctors later amputated many of them in 2011.
Supatra Sasuphan eats lunch in Ratchabophit school in Bangkok, Thailand on February 28, 2011. After Supatra was named the 'hairiest girl in the world' by Guinness, she says that getting the award has boosted her confidence and she has taken up dancing, singing, and acting. She loves listening to Thai pop music and makes her own dance routines to the latest hits with her friends.
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