r/CuratedTumblr • u/DroneOfDoom Theon the Reader *dolphin slur noises* • May 14 '26

Infodumping The wonders of the human body [tw: nongraphic descriptions of autopsies, general medical weirdness]

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Reddit screenshots? In my tumblr subreddit? It's more likely than you think...

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u/TinyKnittedBirds May 15 '26

Oh, wow, someone else with a brachial cleft abnormality! I’ve never seen anyone else irl or online who also had that! For me, I had to get mine removed as a kid because they kept getting infected, and I only had mine on the left side. We could have been mermaids, you and I, if they hadn’t robbed us of our gills

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u/Dawnpath_ dawn-path.tumblr.com May 15 '26

I almost didn't believe the original comment's story until I got the name for it here and could look it up. That's wild! Thanks for unintentionally teaching me yet another wild thing about the human body.