Saturday, April 18, 2009

A tree grows in Brook-lung

A tree. In a man’s lung. For reals!
Before clicking on this link, please be sure you want to see this. Imagine a seed germinating in the soft tissue inside your body. Roots, well, take root; feeding a sapling with moisture from your own lungs. Pine needles develop, and soon you have a TREE inside you!
We’ve all heard the old adage, “Don’t swallow watermelon seeds if you don’t want to grow a watermelon patch in your belly.” Now, we have evidence that it might be based on some kind of miracle-weirdness half-truth!

2 comments:

Janna said...

I've heard of something similar to this.
Some kid stuck a kidney bean up his nose, and it took root in his sinuses.
It started to sprout, and they actually had to do surgery to remove it.
Blech!

My only question is, I wonder how these internal plants get enough sunlight to stay alive?

Webmonster said...

Janna, as a vampire I make a point of never getting sunlight, and I'm alive… well, sorta… well, maybe not ;)