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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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posted on
06/27/2004 10:34:04 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer; F14 Pilot; spetznaz; AdmSmith
ribbitt ...............Pong
some day her prince will come?
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:36:52 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: traumer
Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'
So now the French are in Iran too?
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:37:08 AM PDT
by
reg45
To: traumer
Where was Kerry nine months ago?
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:37:40 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
To: traumer
Meet zee father.
5
posted on
06/27/2004 10:38:22 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(I transcend you.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:39:11 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: reg45
No, the frog is a parasite to her. It is like picking up worms. She did not give birth to it. She is insane.
To: Atlantic Friend
You aren't responsible for this are you? ;o)
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:39:22 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(tourette's syndrome is just a $&#$*!% excuse for bad *%$#**& language skills.)
To: traumer
How to define 'reputable media'.... ?
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:39:27 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:39:59 AM PDT
by
Hildy
( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
To: traumer
.... ?I guess I'll confess. I've given birth to lots of chupacabras. I send them out to terrorize superstitious people.
To: traumer
I didn't not have sexual
relations with that woman
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
To: nuconvert; freedom44; Cyrus the Great; downer911; Pan_Yans Wife
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:42:13 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
To: Hildy
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:42:20 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: traumer
How to define 'reputable media'.... ? The Iranian National Enquierer?
To: Hildy
"Ma-ma"
To: Unknown Freeper
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:43:50 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: Unknown Freeper
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:44:53 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
How long before she get's stoned to death by her family in an honor killing?
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posted on
06/27/2004 10:45:15 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: Hildy
"She registered at Petco."
Under new species.
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