London, August 29 (ANI): A Cuban man having six perfectly formed fingers on each of his hands and six impeccable toes on each foot is proud of his extra digits and calls them a blessing.
Yoandri Hernandez Garrido, nicknamed as 'Twenty-Four', said this characteristic set him apart and enable him to make a living by scrambling up palm trees to cut coconuts and posing for photographs in this eastern Cuban city popular with tourists.
One traveller paid 10 dollars for a picture with him, Garrido said, a bonanza in a country with an average salary of just 20 dollars a month.
"It's thanks to my 24 digits that I'm able to make a living, because I have no fixed job," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.
Known as polydactyly, the condition of the 37-year-old is relatively common, but it's rare for the extra digits to be so perfect.
For Garrido, the term "veinticuatro" ("twenty-four" in English) is not an insult but rather a term of endearment, as this uniqueness has made him a popular guy.
"Since I was young, I understood that it was a privilege to have 24 digits. Nobody has ever discriminated against me for that," he said.
"On the contrary, people admire me and I am very proud. I have a million friends, I live well," he added. (ANI)
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