Daniel Kish: The Most Flexible Girl In The World

664 Words2 Pages

Insanely Talented People Everybody is unique. I know you have heard this a million times in your life. The degree of uniqueness of people varies from one person to the next. No two people are ever the same because of their individuality. This being said, some people are truly one of a kind. They could have amazing skills such as being able to hold their breath for 5 minutes. Maybe they have some personal characteristic, like the longest nails in history, that honestly set them apart from others. While this statement might go in one ear and out the other to you, these insanely talented people will reiterate that everybody is unique. Like a bat, Daniel Kish, a blind man from California, uses echolocation to build mental pictures of his surroundings. When he clicks his tongue, the sound waves from this action will bounce off physical surfaces and return back to him. These echoes inform Kish about an object's distance, size, texture, and density. This amazing talent has dubbed him with the nickname of a “Real Life Batman” (Kremer). He gets this nickname because he uses echolocation like a bat would. This is a survival technique for bats to find food or hide from predators. It is same for Daniel as well because he uses it to navigate around him. I find it …show more content…

She has been a professional contortionist since the age of 10. Her ligaments never hardened like other people; however, she has ligaments like a baby. She is able to bend her body in seemingly impossible ways as if it’s nothing (Jessica). Personally, I wouldn’t want to be dubbed with this title. I would feel like a walking freak show, a constant circus act. Not to mention, all the other talk that would come along with the title of being the “Most Flexible Girl”. This woman probably worked really hard, but nonetheless there would always be people trying to degrade her because of her

Open Document