Half Man - Half Tree

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by The Rock, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. #1
    See the attached image. You will be shock one time to see it :eek:
     

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  2. Jarodboy

    Jarodboy Prominent Member

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    WTF is that?!??! :|
    Is that real or photoshop?
     
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    Wow,male tree or female tree,cant make out from pic.
     
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    Where did you get it from?

    The watermark says "Discovery Channel", but its more likely to be "Mad TV" :p
     
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    Actually that's real. I watched him on news a couple of days ago. His name is Dede and he's an Indonesian.
     
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    #7
    thats real... saw it on discovery.. pretty creepy
     
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    It looks like fungus are growing all over her. That can't be healthy.
     
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    #9
    Wow. Nice Discovery.. Is it real or Fake?
     
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    The Rock Well-Known Member

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    Yes news by "Discovery Channel"

    Male. His name is dede

    This is real no photo shop mate. He is suffering from any DNA disease :eek:
     
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    #11
    Tragic isn't it.
     
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    Here's the info about Dede's condition

    After testing samples of the lesions and Dede's blood, Dr Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland concluded that his affliction is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes small warts to develop on sufferers.

    Dede's problem is that he has a rare genetic fault that impedes his immune system, meaning his body is unable to contain the warts.

    The virus was therefore able to "hijack the cellular machinery of his skin cells", ordering them to produce massive amounts of the substance that caused the tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns" on his hands and feet.

    Dede's counts of a key type of white blood cell are so low that Dr Gaspari initially suspected he may have the Aids virus.

    But tests showed he did not, and it became clear that Dede's immune condition was something far rarer and more mysterious.
     
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    Damn...Pretty sad situation.
    Lets hope they find out some kind of cure to that. :/
     
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    It's very real, I've seen a documentary about him
     
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    #15
    poor man, it's too sad.
     
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    #16
    Thats one big tree hugger!
     
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    #17
    There was a thread about that a few weeks ago here. Old news.
     
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    #18
    Looks like evolution in reverse
     
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    Seen it on tv but on a different person.. pretty rare disease. I hope they find a cure for it soon now that more people are going public about having it.
     
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    #20
    That's horribe, feel sorry for the poor guy...
     
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