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June 27, 2004
Frog or Frenchman?
Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'
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."
I have nothing to say.
Posted by Beth at June 27, 2004 8:04 PM
Comments
Beth... are we sure that Etemaad is not Iranian for "National Enquirer"? :) I'm kidding! It's just incredible.
Posted by: Boudicca at June 27, 2004 8:40 PM
I don't know why we should be surprised. After all, Michael Moore's mother gave birth to a child that was nothing but ass.
Posted by: LeeAnn at June 28, 2004 9:16 AM
And when you kiss it, it turns into a prince!
Posted by: Michael at June 28, 2004 11:10 AM
a frog? some frenchman got loose in iran again....
that comment about m moores mother was just too funny.
Posted by: mlah at June 29, 2004 12:10 AM
"The similarities are in appearance, the shape of the fingers and the size and shape of the tongue."
This is the sentence that bothers me... There are 'similarities', which also means that it's a strange looking specimen.
I want to see it, of course. ;)
Posted by: pam at June 30, 2004 9:03 AM
me too, Pam!
Posted by: beth at June 30, 2004 6:23 PM