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A boy born in Colorado Springs had surgery two and a half months ago to remove a tumor in his brain. His mother’s doctor found fluid in his brain during an ultrasound, and scheduled an emergency c-section to take care of it at 41 weeks (that’s about 9 months anyway). Sam Esquibel was born looking fine and dandy. After confirming the tumor with an MRI, they opened up his head at 3 days old to take care of what appeared to be a tumor. You know, the regular-type mass of cells that shouldn’t be where it is. They found this little guy inside:

The tumor had a this fully formed foot and thigh, another foot, and a hand. Keep in mind these are super small, as they were removed from a small tumor in a baby’s head. It’s been two and a half months, and Sam is almost totally healed at this point. He has some physical therapy to be scheduled for his neck and head, but besides that, he’s okay!

reported by the Denver Post
AP release
wtf nature

This ten minute video posted to wtf_nature was originally aired on Discovery Channel. Esref Armaga, a Turkish man born without eyes, is painting with his fingers. Basing his images off of what he’s “seen” with his hands, Armaga paints landscapes. Professor John Kennedy at Harvard University creams his undershorts about this guy. I’m not going to ruin the video for you so you can be surprised. They give him a test.

This dude gets perspective without ever having been able to see visual relationships. They scan his brains while he draws and his visual centers act as if he was seeing. He’s a pretty cool guy who wants people to focus on what he creates rather than how.

check out this article on popgadget for a picture of an egg being excreted by an ovary. has even more info and pictures. The doctors stumbled upon this during a hysterectomy. You’d think they would have considered this gal’s time of the month.