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You have seen them on the streets, touching their noses with their toes, among other acts as they wow audiences. But what the acrobats do on the streets of Nairobi is mere child's play. That is, if the antics of an Indian boy are anything to go by.
Yash Shah from Surat reportedly rotates his hands and legs at 360 degrees, and fingers and neck at 180 degrees, according to Indian newspapers.
Christened the Rubber Boy, the 18-year-old even squeezes his body through a tennis racket.
"Yash is different from other kids. He can turn his body in any direction unlike others. It's obviously a gift from God," his mother Kamini Shah said.
Yash credits his skills to his grandfather, Ramlal Kanyalal, who helps him during practice and American contortionist Daniel Browning Smith.
The teenager has become a celebrity in his hometown and he is eyeing greater fortune, and fame in the Guinness Book of Records.
