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Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'
BBC ^ | 27 June, 2004

Posted on 06/27/2004 10:34:03 AM PDT by traumer

An Iranian newspaper has reported the controversial story of a woman who claims to have given birth to a frog. The Iranian daily Etemaad says the creature is believed to have grown from larva to an adult frog inside her body.

While it is unclear how this could have happened, the paper carries quotes from medical experts who say there are human characteristics to the animal.

It has been speculated that the woman, who has not been named, unknowingly picked up the larva while she was swimming in a dirty pool.

The woman, from the south-eastern city of Iranshahr, is a mother of two children.

The "so-called frog", as the newspaper puts it, has yet to undergo precise genetic and anatomic tests.

But it quotes clinical biology expert Dr Aminifard as saying: "The similarities are in appearance, the shape of the fingers and the size and shape of the tongue."

Medical history recounts stories of people who believed they had frogs - or even lizards or snakes - living and growing in their bodies.

One of the most famous was the 17th Century case of Catharina Geisslerin, known as "the toad-vomiting woman" of Germany.

When she died in 1662 doctors are said to have performed an autopsy, but found no evidence animals had ever lived inside her body.


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KEYWORDS: frog; strange; weird
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To: Lady Jag

Those teeth,Gross funny,Ha Ha


101 posted on 06/27/2004 12:53:37 PM PDT by Boazo (OFF WITH MOORES HEAD)
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To: nuconvert
some day her prince will come?

Kinda sounds like he already did...

102 posted on 06/27/2004 12:54:05 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (...proud to be a Brown Shirted digital First Responder)
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To: BobS
I won't be able to swim. I have to watch my chicken.


103 posted on 06/27/2004 12:54:36 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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To: Hildy

ROTFLOL


104 posted on 06/27/2004 12:55:26 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: TASMANIANRED

HA !


105 posted on 06/27/2004 12:55:37 PM PDT by traumer
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To: OSHA

OSHA, I am very capable of distinguishing from a jump (froggy) and a rib (barbecue). I much prefer ribs. Infact I relish them.

Even the corny humor is appreciated, but I prefer a witty retort.

You guys are great.


106 posted on 06/27/2004 12:57:37 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (What do they call children in Palestine? Unexploded ordinance)
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To: BulletBobCo
TOP TEN REASONS WHY IT'S NOT SO GREAT TO BE A FROG

10. Frog legs are yummy.
9. Bulging eyes make you look like Howard Dean,
8. Crossing highways.
9. Bumping your a$$ every time you jump.
8. Frog is a term for french.
7. Warts.
6. Snakes.
5. Herons.
4. Nuclear accidents cause inconvient mutations.
3. Cold blooded.
2. French kissing can be downright dangerous.
1. M. Moore is the only thing uglier than you are.

107 posted on 06/27/2004 1:05:22 PM PDT by OSHA (Moose are big, dangerous, funny looking creatures with a silly name. Hey! They could be Freepers!)
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To: OSHA

I like your list better.


108 posted on 06/27/2004 1:07:27 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: ErnBatavia

109 posted on 06/27/2004 1:09:31 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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To: Boazo

110 posted on 06/27/2004 1:11:36 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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To: DainBramage

Woman gives birth to a fat pig

You mean a fat ugly pig don't you.


111 posted on 06/27/2004 1:11:47 PM PDT by solo gringo (Always Ranting Always Rite)
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To: saquin
"Hello, my baby.. hello, my honey... hello, my ragtime gaaal"

I just realised I was wandering around the plant whistling that *&%^$ tune and I just wanted to thank you!

112 posted on 06/27/2004 1:21:27 PM PDT by OSHA (Moose are big, dangerous, funny looking creatures with a silly name. Hey! They could be Freepers!)
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To: Lady Jag

You have chicken cooking too? Mine is several magnitudes better than yours:) Try me:):)


113 posted on 06/27/2004 1:47:41 PM PDT by BobS
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To: traumer

Husband must've had a "tad" pole...


114 posted on 06/27/2004 1:49:36 PM PDT by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: solo gringo
American Movie Directed by A-Whole


115 posted on 06/27/2004 2:06:08 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: ErnBatavia

LoL


116 posted on 06/27/2004 2:33:07 PM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: Lady Jag

LoL


117 posted on 06/27/2004 2:34:23 PM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: BobS
You have chicken cooking too? :)

No, I'm not cooking her, she thinks the sky is falling.

Mine is several magnitudes better than yours:) Try me:)

Do you have good legs?

118 posted on 06/27/2004 2:36:35 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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To: Lady Jag
"Do you have good legs?"

I hope so. I need them to climb around radar sites for the next 3 days. Do you have nice legs?:)

119 posted on 06/27/2004 3:59:20 PM PDT by BobS
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To: BobS
Chicken legs, do you have good chicken legs? I prefer dark meat.

What's with the radar crawl, you get a charge out of that?

120 posted on 06/27/2004 4:22:28 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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