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Man Takes Up Internal Farming
RockDoctor writes "'A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.' Just that summary should tell you enough to work out most of the rest of the details, but it does raise a number of questions unaddressed by the article: How did the pea roots deal with the patient's immune system? What would have happened if the situation had continued un-treated? I bet the guy has a career awaiting him in PR for a pea-growing company."
I knew I shouldn't have eaten the seeds to give myself an edge in all those watermelon eating contests :(
...not to inhale my food. Guess she was right.
a 'Lung'gume.
Hmmm Hmmm. see what I did there.
...he's achieved inner peas?
Modding "-1, Troll" is not a proper response if you disagree with me. Try reason.
Well it works like this. First if uses its existing nutrients to grow high enough to reach sunlight. Then it starts photosynthesis. If they'd left it in him, he'd have ended up like this
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Turns out it's a GMO round-up ready pea mutant. Monsanto is suing him for using their genetic material without paying for it.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.