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Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'
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| 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.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: frog; strange; weird
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To: Lady Jag
I'm sorry, that is just gross.
To: Boazo
Okay then, I'm easy; it's a GROSS grinning Frenchie.
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:03:07 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
To: RunningJoke
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:03:23 AM PDT
by
beaversmom
(Michael Medved has the Greatest radio show on GOD's Green Earth)
To: Lady Jag
I aim to please. What do you want? A French Surrender monkey?
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:04:19 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
To: traumer
This could revolutionize global terrorism.
To: traumer
I would venture to guess that this woman is unfamiliar with basic hygiene.
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:06:46 AM PDT
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: reg45
"So now the French are in Iran too?"
Seems they have been in this woman's poluted hole for certain...... her poluted swimming hole, you dirty minded so and so's, her poluted swimming hole!!!!!!
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:09:32 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Kerry is a real uniter-remember how he united the VC and our loonie left, against the USA?)
To: traumer
It's true. I read it on the way out of the grocery store.......hmmmm....the name 'Art Bell' seems to come to mind.
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:10:42 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
(Michael Moore…..the Erich von Däniken of political documentary)
To: traumer
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:12:07 AM PDT
by
wingnuts'nbolts
(Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole.)
To: Lady Jag
Awwww now that's just damn wrong.........LMAO ! Yer Scary girl !
Stay safe ........
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:12:15 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: traumer
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:17:52 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
("You are an American. You are my brother. I would die for you." -Kurdish Sergeant)
To: television is just wrong
They're cute 'till they start getting legs then it's hard to keep up with them.
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:19:57 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Moose are big, dangerous, funny looking creatures with a silly name. Hey! They could be Freepers!)
To: Squantos
The transition from sciencediet to Lady Jag was incomplete and sciencediet is still inside. And when SD gets out, watch out!
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:20:06 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
To: Unknown Freeper
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:22:02 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Joe 6-pack
No honor killing here. It's a new Islamic holy site. The Mosque of the Imaculate Amphibian.
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06/27/2004 11:30:08 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Moose are big, dangerous, funny looking creatures with a silly name. Hey! They could be Freepers!)
To: Starve The Beast
Do you have the article link ?
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:30:23 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
And now PETA freaks and population control enthusiasts will begin promoting this as an alternative to human children.
Watch for copycats among the fringe left.
To: Hildy
To: SuzanneC; McGruff; StarFan; Wait4Truth
This thread must not be missed! It's hilarious...scroll slowly or you'll miss a gem!
Gee I wish I had a ping list!!
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:36:05 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@"Corruption"...thy name is Clinton.com)
To: traumer
So what else was growing in there??
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posted on
06/27/2004 11:37:29 AM PDT
by
BobS
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