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Girl hit by plummeting tortoise loses memory
metro.co.uk ^
| July 22, 2009
Posted on 07/25/2009 2:29:13 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A Chinese girl was lost her memory and had to be taken to hospital after she was hit on the head by a pregnant tortoise.
Cheng Cheng, 12, was walking with her aunt Ling Lang at Chongqing in China when she was struck by the plummeting tortoise. Lang said: 'I was walking and suddenly I heard a scream from my niece who was behind me and I looked round to see her lying on the ground covered with blood. 'There was a tortoise lying beside her and I could see it had hit her on the head.'
The owner of a grocery store who witnessed the incident said they saw the girl was hit by a falling black object travelling at speed and fell onto the ground unconscious. When he ran over, he realised the object was a tortoise. The local children's hospital said Cheng Cheng was diagnosed with concussion, and was awake and conscious but very quiet. Doctor Zhuo Xuan said: 'She does not have any memory of what happened to her or anything about her. We believe the amnesia will only be short lived but at the moment she can't remember anything.'
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: china; napl; science
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:31:40 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Wow, that is a nasty cut on her head. (at link) I’m surprised she was not more seriously injured.
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:33:39 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Joe Biden REALLY can't be Vice President, can he ?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
taken to hospital after she was hit on the head by a pregnant tortoise. Damn I hate when that happens.
To: eclecticEel
Pregnant turtles can fly? who knew?
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:34:33 PM PDT
by
newheart
("It will keep the government out of your health care decisions..." Barack Obama, July 23, 2009)
To: eclecticEel
Is it just me, or do most of the weird news stories seem to come from Britain lately (at least those that don’t come from Pravda)?
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:35:18 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Free ThinkerNY
“The injured girl's father, Liu Xingbing, said: ‘I am furious at this irresponsible behaviour. If I do not have a confession from the guilty tortoise thrower I will sue everybody in the building.’
Paging John Edwards! Paging John Edwards!
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:36:10 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(and have a nice day)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:36:10 PM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(Obama: A good example of why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
ninja turtle?
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:37:56 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Free ThinkerNY
“Cheng Cheng, 12, was walking with her aunt Ling Lang”
Hope she’s ok. I really hate to make light of it, but I had trouble getting through that sentence without hearing that old song in my head:
Oooh-eee-oooh-ah-ah, Cheng Cheng walking with aunt Ling Lang...
To: Doogle
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:39:44 PM PDT
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Ya know, we talk about pigs flying all the time here. Why not tortoises?
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:40:01 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Free ThinkerNY
Someone was testing a tortoise cannon I guess
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:42:51 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Guilty of the crime of deviationism.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
A Chinese girl was lost her memory and had to be taken to hospital after she was hit on the head by a pregnant tortoise.
Pregnancy is still no excuse for assault.
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:50:38 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
WARNING graphic picture
Ouch!
Some turtle tossing bastard is going to pay for this!
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:50:45 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
To: Free ThinkerNY
This happened to me TWICE.
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:54:02 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Free ThinkerNY
Gamera took a wrong turn?
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:54:29 PM PDT
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: LRS
I thought he was the friend of children.
To: Free ThinkerNY
I hate it when I get hit by plummeting tortoises.
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posted on
07/25/2009 2:58:01 PM PDT
by
Allegra
( Socks)
To: Tijeras_Slim
:) That’s why I phrased it the way I did...
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posted on
07/25/2009 3:00:56 PM PDT
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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