Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'

[CShine]

Amazing what the BBC will report


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."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3844441.stm

[donco6]

1. Yeah, right after she sat on the dirty toilet seat.

I want to know who that froggy father is so he can take responsibility!

[truthisfreedom]

2. when monkeys fly out my butt?

[gtar100]

6. I can infer from this BBC article

that this just may be possible.

[flakey_foont]

3. That's why

they keep telling you..........."Don't drink the water"



and all the while on a shelf in the shed,,, Kenny's little creatures on display

[Minstrel Boy]

4. who said it's not easy being green?

[JayS]

5. Is it true...

...she named the baby Kermit?

[flakey_foont]

7. A little tadpole

"Ma! He's eatin flies again!!!!"

[sniffa]

8. batboy is the father

[Kinkistyle]

9. Human characteristics? Uhh.. its probably a very deformed infant.

Why would a frog take on human characteristics just because it lived in the woman's womb, which in itself is ridiculous. I mean what was the tadpole feeding on? Does she have algae growing in there?

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. i think she got her fairy tails mixed up

You're supposed to KISS the frog, not...well, you know. :D

[zbdent]

11. I'm sorry, but I immediately thought there was a French punchline

.

[daleo]

12. On a slightly serious note

You have to wonder if the fact that the woman was from Iran, member of the 'axis of evil', had anything to do with the BBC's decision to run a story that belongs in the World Weekly News.

[cosmicone]

13. That is nothing!!!

Barbara Bush gave birth to a chimp a long time ago!!

[truth2power]

14. Frogs come from larvae???? n/t