The Two-Toed Ostrich Tribe


	The Two-Toed Ostrich Tribe

thisnamecantbetaken

6-21-2007 4:24 PM

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anomaly, genetics, weird, odd, tribe

thisnamecantbetaken says:

Oh my goodness... how weird.

Startling Secrets Of The Ostrich People

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Their culture forbids marriage outside of the tribe, so the genetic defect just stays in the gene pool, which is why a full quarter of the tribe walk around wearing special sandals.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://darkcreek.com/vadoma_ectrodactyly"><P>It’s interesting to note that the tribe itself does not consider these people to be handicapped - they are actually thought of as better tree climbers!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://darkcreek.com/vadoma_ectrodactyly"></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/539675/people_with_ostrich_feet/" href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/539675/people_with_ostrich_feet/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.metacafe.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/539675/people_with_ostrich_feet/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/539675/people_with_ostrich_feet.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/85E4E0A7-898E-46D2-A332-C3A815E76BF0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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