Ghanaian Doctor Shares Photo Of Young Baby Born With Long Tail Like A Monkey; Goes Viral Online

• A qualified medical doctor called Silas Joy, M.D. has caused a stir online after showing photos of a baby born with a long tail
• According to him, the structure is called a vestigial tail & birth defect in which the tail bone fails to regress during the development process of the embryo
• The doctor took his time to respond to some of the interesting questions his followers asked in the comment section

Silas Joy, M.D. a Ghanaian medical doctor with the Twitter handle @officialsilasMD has shared a rather interesting photo of a baby that he indicates was born at the hospital with what is technically described as a vestigial tail.

The long winding animal-like structure was attached to the backside of the baby's torso as was shown in the pictures.

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Dr Silas Joy explained in his caption:

A Baby born with Vestigial Tail. It's a birth defect in which the tail bone fails to regress during the development process of the embryo. It's rare but real.

Social media reactions

A lot of social media users went into the comment section to seek an understanding into the development.

@djblinkzgh asked:

Is this normal? Can scientist tell the cause of this? Even if they can, how true will that be?

@Official_Quofi replied:

It’s not normal that’s why he indicated it’s rare if you read. So is it 666?

@ruthnyz replying to @officialsilasMD also asked:

Wow. When surgery is performed will it have an effect on him as he grows?

@AjoaRealest also responded:

After surgery I'm sure there's no harm in the growth of the child but then talking of the baby's system does it connect to anything? Eg. Bone or vein

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