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My grandfather likes to tell the story of how when he was a boy playing with peas by shooting them out of his nose he got one stuck inside and about 4 days later it had sprouted and started to grow out of his nose. At least it was easy to remove, but a tree in your lungs!!!! That is just plain crazy.
 
I find that REALLY hard to believe. Plants require Chlorophyll to grow. Chlorophyll requires sun light. sun light in the lungs??

GK
 
I agree it is hard to believe. Normally there must be a seed involved. How do you inhale a seed that size. But as far as clorophyll, a seed will sprout and grow until it breaches the earth without sunlight.
 
No sunlight needed to sprout. I sprout and grow bean shoots - Mung, Wheat, Corn, etc. - in complete darkness all the time.

I can completely understand how this could happen!
 
Seeds will sprout in the dark put will not get green without sun.Check this link out
http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/7.html

Colored molecules have a distinguishing feature: their backbones consist of sequences of carbon atoms linked to each other by alternating single and double bonds. These alternating sequences are an essential structural feature for an organic, carbon-based molecule to absorb light and appear colored.

This did not happen a Fir tree will not grow 2" tall with that many leaves/needles without light.Victor
 
He should have let it grow a bit more. Could have turned a slimline with a REALLY interesting story!

I wonder how the seed got in his lung...
 
The same story appears in the Telegraph (United Kingdom) and hundreds of other on-line newspaper editions:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...nd-fir-tree-growing-inside-patients-lung.html

but with the addition of one important line at the end of the story:
"There was no independent verification of the surgeon's claims."

As near as I can tell, this "discovery" was about three months ago and all that Google will "cough" up is the same bit of news fluff over and over. I haven't been able to find any other reporting or analysis. Granted, 20 minutes with Google isn't exactly the be-all-end-all search but I would think that some independent study or other documentation besides newspaper and human-interest reporting could be found.

Not saying it didn't happen but for now, the BS detector showing a pretty strong signal. ;)
 
I kinda thought BS too considering most plants need some sort of photo synthesis to grow...but I thought it was interesting anyway...
 
CNN ran that story this morning and also presented several other similar occurances. Apparently, seeds like lungs very, very much.
 
arjudy said:
My grandfather likes to tell the story of how when he was a boy playing with peas by shooting them out of his nose he got one stuck inside and about 4 days later it had sprouted and started to grow out of his nose. At least it was easy to remove, but a tree in your lungs!!!! That is just plain crazy.
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My dad used to tell me not to swallow watermelon seeds or I'd have a vine growing in my stomach. I'm afraid it falls under the same category as the "pea in the nose" story.

BTW, why do they assume that he inhaled a seed instead of the whole tiny twig?
 
My hobby on the side is Bonsai trees. I plant a lot of tree seeds and of all of them, the least likely to sprout are the conifers. They are really difficult and I have planted dozens of them with no success. Guess I wasn't using the right kind of LUNGS in my pot.

I wonder if I sent him some Mugo Pine seeds, he's sprout some for me?

My BS meter is pegged out!
 
When I was a young man (million years ago) I saw a small kid at Grady Hospital (In Atlanta) that had a sprouting butter bean in his nose that had to be operated on to remove
 
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