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If a tomato runs out of the hormone that keeps seeds dormant, they may start sprouting from inside the fruit (this is called vivipary)π
Someone should draw something similar for corn smut (a parasitic fungus that infects maize kernels).
This is existentially terrifying.
This is basically what happens to Radek in Annihilation (2018).
The artist Feefal is also on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/feefal
thank you but fuck tumblr. that site is despicable garbage. they ask you to log in after scrolling for like 5 posts.
Do not open this, trust me
Imagine your sperm just starts growing into babies inside your balls bro
I mean, ectopic pregnancy is that concept, roughly, but real. Baby growing where baby cannot grow.
Dandelion ahh fetuses
Just put some copper up there, thatβll fix it.
Excuse toi?
Haploid babies?
Is this the tomato girl fantasy??
no but it's from the same artist ;-)
Mind blown. Are those ... seeds? Sprouting? Out of my head???
I thought this was all about fun and bolognese. Little did I know.
That tomato is pregnant in human terms, technically.
funny coincidence that my dad just mentioned this particular tomato quirk earlier today.
maybe i am your dad? Hi John
!morphmoe@ani.social is leaking.
Reminds me of the hanahaki disease trope
Something tells me I shouldn't look this up
Fictional but aesthetically beautiful.
.... If you ignore the agonising screams
:''(
Usually my tomatoes just get moldy.
This would happen to me sometimes with home grown tomatos. Maybe it in part has to do with store bought are usually picked under ripe so they survive getting to the shelves? Or could be whatever mystery variety I was planting