yoink 321 #1 March 1, 2005 This story is a few days old, but I've only just found it. Some people might find this disturbing I did. http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/359/15002_cyclops.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #2 March 1, 2005 sounds liekt eh russian inquirerMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #3 March 1, 2005 "Some people might find this disturbing I did. " Try and imagine how the parents must feel. Pretty tragic really.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #4 March 1, 2005 Quote"Some people might find this disturbing I did. " Try and imagine how the parents must feel. Pretty tragic really. I agree. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #5 March 1, 2005 QuoteQuote"Some people might find this disturbing I did. " Try and imagine how the parents must feel. Pretty tragic really. I agree. Did you guys happen to read the blurbs from other stories on the right? It certainly would be tragic. If it were real. Russian weekly world news mixed with actual news (on the left)Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #6 March 1, 2005 Russian weekly world news. Quote Russian WEAKLY read world news! (I like the time machine story on the right) ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #7 March 1, 2005 "Did you guys happen to read the blurbs from other stories on the right? It certainly would be tragic. If it were real." Ah....now you come to mention it........-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shunkka 0 #8 March 1, 2005 tragic in my town is a museum with this kind of tragedies ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #9 March 1, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuote"Some people might find this disturbing I did. " Try and imagine how the parents must feel. Pretty tragic really. I agree. Did you guys happen to read the blurbs from other stories on the right? umm... no? You mean the Soviet Army DIDN'T fight off UFO's?? DOH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #10 March 1, 2005 I was reading up on this stuff a while ago when I saw something on Discovery that interested me, so I went looking for more info. The story itself may or may not be real, but the birth defect cyclopia (also called synophthalmia) is real. It's a failure of the embryonic forebrain to divide properly, which also affects the division of the orbits of the eye and other facial structures. It's associated with trisomy 13 or a deficiency of a particular protein. It is 100% fatal. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15530 http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2003;volume=51;issue=2;spage=279;epage=282;aulast=Arathi (includes links to photos) http://www.bdid.com/cyclopia.htm (includes links to photos) There's also the opposite birth defect, "Mermaid Syndrome" or sirenomelia, where the legs are fused, which is usually, but not 100% fatal because it usually involves renal system abnomalities too. Very rare cases will present without renal abnormalities and can survive. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/11/health/main673247.shtml Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,118 #11 March 1, 2005 I find the whole topic of viable birth defects incredible; it shows how amazingly resilient the process of human development is. Look at conjoined twins. They are viable a large percentage of the time. Think about what has to happen for that to occur - an entire circulatory system has to develop, with everything hooked to approximately the right place, AND the switchover from prenatal to postnatal circulation has to occur. That involves the startup of one new subsystem (pulmonary) the shutdown of a second (umbilical) the reversal of flow in some vessels (hepatic portal system) and the closing of a bunch of valves (foramen ovale, ductus arteriosis.) It's amazing that any of us survive the process to begin with, much less someone with two sets of carotid arteries or a split aorta. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #12 March 1, 2005 Pravda is a very factually based news source. They wouldn't lie about something like this."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #13 March 1, 2005 It is fascinating! I love reading about unusual development or diseases. I find stuff about fetus in fetu, conjoined twins and parasitic twins incredibly interesting too. Discovery Heath Channel airs documentaries on conjoined twins fairly often. The separation surgeries are amazing to watch, but I think it's even more amazing to see the twins who can't be separated, like Abigail and Brittany Hensel, and Lori and Reba Schappell. I couldn't imagine living life attached to another person, and the twins say they wouldn't want it any other way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
