Dandelion Grows Inside Ear Canal Of Girl

[Still Waters]

A DANDELION seed that had sprouted and had been growing in the ear of a 16-month-old girl was removed Monday by a doctor who said the roots had embedded themselves in the tot's ear canal, Beijing Morning Post reported today.

http://www.shanghaid...n/shdaily.shtml

[Enoonmai]

cest' la vie

[freetoroam]

And here we have it:

Gu reminded parents that they need to pay attention to all parts of a child's body to spot problems before they become serious.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/national/Dandelion-growing-in-ear-canal-of-tot-removed-by-surgeon/shdaily.shtml

4 months the girl had that in her ear, and the parents knew about it! jeeze!

[Eldorado]

Poor wee lamb.

They should rename her Dandelion.

[Bendy Demon]

How is this even possible?

[Eldorado]

How is this even possible?

Big ears?

[freetoroam]

Big ears?

What happened to the "poor wee lamb"?

[Ashyne]

dandy lion

[Hobbit Feet]

That's not surprising actually. The moist environment of the inner ear and the child or parents not noticing? Sure. Makes me think of the old tease not to swallow watermelon seeds.

[taniwha]

Gardening wonders never cease.

[Duchess Gummybuns]

I don't want to know how this is even a thing that occurred.

[pallidin]

Wow. Poor girl, glad they got it out in time before it "rooted" even further.

I've heard this type of thing(with a different plant) rooting in a youngsters eyeball.

[rashore]

How strange. Wonder what happened to make it sprout after that long. I mean four months in the ear (And WTF they knew it was in her ear that long and didn't do anything?) and it only takes a few days for a dandelion seed to sprout and send out enough rootlets to start being attached to it's growing medium. Takes about a week to start showing seed leaves.

[lightly]

They would have noticed eventually, when the fuzzy things started floating out . A new crop of eardelions!

[Sundew]

I've heard of cauliflower ear, but never dandelion ear. Just goes to show weeds will grow anywhere.

[Junior Chubb]

This is nothing compared to the potatoes I found growing behind my ears as a lad...

[Controller Junkie]

I oncetried to grow a cauliflower in my nose, it didnt work. Just sayin. Maybe Ill try my ear next time...

[Eldorado]

I oncetried to grow a cauliflower in my nose, it didnt work. Just sayin. Maybe Ill try my ear next time...

Try wrestling instead. More fun and the cauliflower ears are free!

http://www.mmanews.pl/2011/01/wiesci-z-japonii/

Edited December 2, 2013 by Eldorado

[Leonardo]

Summer breeze, makes me feel fi...ine

Growin' dandelions in my mi...ind

Sweet days of summer, and what have we here

A flower is sprouting inside of my ear.

with sincerest apologies to the Isley Brothers...

[Junior Chubb]

I oncetried to grow a cauliflower in my nose, it didnt work. Just sayin. Maybe Ill try my ear next time...

Try wrestling instead. More fun and the cauliflower ears are free!

http://www.mmanews.p...esci-z-japonii/

While recommendations are being made, I think rugby is a more direct route to Cauliflower-ness.

[Skep B]

Boxing'll also do it

[Controller Junkie]

Also gauging your ear seems to cause it with some people, not sure why if its completely random or what. Personall I've got inch and a quater gauge in both my ears, but unfortunately no cauliflower ear. Know people with much smallerg auges in ears who have gotten it. Maybe its the rh blood... Anunaki maybe....

[highdesert50]

A flower child gone to seed, But, there are real issues with spores of fungi. C neoformans, for example, a human fungal pathogen causes more than a half a million deaths annually by "seeding" itself in the lung.

[Silver Surfer]

The green brain is near!

[Ogbin]

This puts an all new spin on "Being one with nature."