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    The Girl With Eight Limbs Girl With Eight Limbs

                           
     
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    HAPPY FOUR-LIMBED GIRL

    Read About Her Surgery

    Image: Girl With Eight Limbs Lakshmi getting scanned at hospital

    Surgeon Q & A

    Why they preserved some structures from the parasite.
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    Image: Girl With Eight Limbs Lakshmi and parasitic twin pelvic scan

    Fused At The Hip

    Parasitic Twin Attached By Pelvis

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    Filming Amidst Flooding

    Behind-the-Scenes in India

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    Lakshmi Tatma was born with a conjoined parasitic twin which caused her to have eight limbs. She was revered in her village for resembling the Hindu goddess she was named after. Follow her journey through surgery and a media firestorm in Girl With Eight Limbs.

    © National Geographic Channel 2009