Twenty-Four

Twenty-Four
Extra digits help to reach coconut heights

Yoandri Hernandez Garrido, 37, is known in Baracoa, Cuba as “Twenty-Four” -
his nickname coming from the six perfectly formed fingers on each of his hands
and six toes on each foot. Hernandez has no fixed job, and his “extra digits” are
a blessing to Hernandez since they set him apart, and enable him to make a
living by scrambling up palm trees (to cut coconuts) and pose for tourist
photographs. The money he makes from tourist pictures ($10 per) is a bonanza
to Twenty-Four in a country with an average salary of $20 a month.
Twenty-Four’s condition (polydactyly) is relatively common, but it’s rare
for the extra digits to be so perfectly formed.

AJ 'Twenty-Four' photo thanks to Peter Jensen and Javier Galeano

AJ 'Twenty-Four' photo thanks to Peter Jensen and Javier Galeano

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