BOY BORN WITHOUT CEREBELLUM AND PONS

This 3 year old boy,Chase Britton has no cerebellum and no pons as well!!! But he can breathe, walk and carry out most of the functions these parts of the brain control or are thought to control. Doctors and scientists are baffled!

WHAT IS THE CEREBELLUM?
In Latin, the word cerebellum means little brain. The cerebellum is the area of the hindbrain that controls motor movement coordination, balance, equilibrium and muscle tone. It may also be involved in some cognitive functions such as attention and language, and in regulating fear and pleasure responses,but its movement-related functions are the most solidly established. The cerebellum does not initiate movement, but it contributes to coordination, precision, and accurate timing. It receives input from sensory systems of the spinal cord and from other parts of the brain, and integrates these inputs to fine tune motor activity. Cerebellar damage does not cause paralysis, but instead produces disorders in fine movement, equilibrium, posture, and motor learning.

WHAT IS THE PONS?
It is the part of the brain (Brainstem) that links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus.The pons contains nuclei that relay signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum, along with nuclei that deal primarily with sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, facial sensation, and posture.

You can watch the video about him on this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCisaP09yFU

HOW IS HE STILL ALIVE AND FUNCTIONING?

THE MAGNETIC MAN

Liew Thow Lin, a retired Malaysian contractor in his 80s, can stick metal objects onto his body like a magnet. He’s even been able to pull a car. He was featured by Discovery Channel’s “One Step Beyond” in 2005. Doctors and researchers examined his body to see if there was a magnetic field or if his skin appeared unusual somehow.

THE WOMAN WITH HALF A BODY

SEE THROUGH SEA CREATURE

MEET THE SALP (SALPA MAXIMA)
It is a planktonic tunicate. It moves by contracting, thus pumping water through its gelatinous body. The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.

WHY DO WE CLAP?

SEXSOMNIA (SLEEP SEX) CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

Sleep sex, or sexsomnia, is a condition in which a person will engage in sexual activities while still asleep. This condition falls within the broad classes of sleep disorders known as parasomnia. In extreme cases sexsomnia has even been alleged as the cause of rare instances of sexual assault and rape. 

WEIRD ANIMALS YOU MIGHT HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF

1.The gerenuk, also known as the Waller’s gazelle, is a long-necked species of antelope found in dry thorn bush scrub and desert in Eastern Africa. The word gerenuk comes from the Somali language, meaning “giraffe-necked”. Gerenuks have a relatively small head for their body, but their eyes and ears are proportionately large. Gerenuks seldom graze but browse on prickly bushes and trees, such as acacias. They can reach higher branches and twigs than other gazelles and antelope by standing erect on their rear legs and stretching their elongated necks.

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