5 cm. fir tree removed from patient’s lung
 

From : 5 cm. fir tree removed from patient?s lung / MosNews.com

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This is amazing I just had to share. I would have never thought this was possible.

Reminds me of when I was little and my Grandfather would joke about not to swallowing watermelon seeds, because they would grow in yourr stomach.

*shudders* We have met the enemy and he is fir.

Ever since I saw the video in health class about parasitic worms and fungus, I've had a phobia of alien things growing inside of me... but a tree? Ugh.

My phobia came after watching all the youtube botfly stuff. Having a tree grow inside my lung, though weird and painful-sounding, doesn't freak me out as much as the possibility of a tick or a botfly.
Pretty amazing that the "tree" was that hardy.

Yes, that botfly stuff really freaked me out. I couldn't eat beef for a long time because they say they commonly infect cattle.

Hmmm, maybe my mother was right about some things. I wonder if my face will stick this way if I do this... :eek:

Um. Awesome?!
And crazy. I'd want to keep the tree.
I'm also wondering why the little branch is described as green.
I would think that it would become etiolated in the absence of light.
Then again, maybe this is a tree that is adapted to Russia's long, dark winters.
Interesting anomaly.

Ya know.. I've always had this thing about swallowing watermelon seeds.. Maybe my suspicions weren't absurd after all.

So I'm the only one having a *really* hard time believing this?

As far as I know, even trees need sustenance, and without photosynthesis they do not have any source for this sustenance? Unless the roots somehow mutated to be able to suck nutrients directly out of the capillaries?


And the article clearly mentions a branch that was removed, no mention of a stem, roots, anything.

To top it off, it happened nice and far away, so it doesn't need to stand up to scrutiny too badly.

Cybermike:
Those seeds are made to withstand the little trip you're offering them, I wouldn't worry too much.

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Hmm,

Should have waited 2 minutes longer before making my post:

TYWKIWDBI: A fir tree did NOT grow in a Russian man's lung


There's no more reason to believe this link over the one of Mosnews, however, I find this one at least alot more plausible.

And I thought "smokin' trees" was just a saying.

The Internet: more hoaxes than your crazy uncle Carl.

Still, the man inhaled a piece of tree without being aware.

freaky.

Damn, I finally post something and it turns out to be a hoax.

Thanks for doing your homework Nisses, like I should have, and figuring that out.

lostgirl: Don't let me stop you from posting stuff ya know :)

My detector went off right away on this. A plant can't make chlorophyl in the dark. No chlorophyl = no green. :confused: Hmmm?? And 5 centimeters is a little less than 2 inches. A twig, maybe, but hardly a tree.

Lindy

No, of course not. :)

Its total B.S.

As many have mentioned - the lack of light would result in a withered, dead seedling. Still think its real? Try your own experiment - grow a bean in total dark.

Thank god they found it before it burst out of his chest and proceeded to devour the rest of the crew.

Most everything Pravda prints is B.S., or at least served with B.S.

AHHHHH.. brings back a memory of the childhood myth that consuming seeds will cause the plant to grow inside you. >_< They said that wasn't truuuue! This story is going to give me nightmares now. True or not... X[