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Bizarre plant root resembles boy
Posted on Sunday, 8 November, 2009 | 14 comments
Scientists are attempting to understand the process that created a bizarre 12 lb root that was dug out of the ground by a farmer in China and which uncannily resembles the form of a human boy down to the smallest detail.
Baffled scientists are trying to get to the root of this astonishing plant dug out of the ground by a Chinese farmer. The two foot tall root weighs in at a massive 12 lbs and bears an amazing resemblance to a boy in even the smallest detail.
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#10 Posted by deadleprechuan on 9 November, 2009, 0:13how is this news?
#11 Posted by Paraweird on 9 November, 2009, 4:27If that's what boys are supposed to look like, then my parents' have been lying to me!
#12 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: on 9 November, 2009, 9:29Haha!
#13 Posted by behaviour??? on 9 November, 2009, 11:20It looks like Buddha...
#14 Posted by Sanderz on 11 November, 2009, 5:44"Previously on Heroes...!"
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