They've thinned out lately, but here's a small new crop of "mysterious superwhatevers", weird plants and animals used as minimally relevant teasers for health product ads (this batch mostly appears as part of crass monetizing of local newspaper sites).
Firstly, we have "One weird trick to relieve joint pain". This one's a stock photo of the massive fruit of
Kigelia - the Sausage Tree ("The fresh fruit is poisonous and strongly purgative; fruit are prepared for consumption by drying, roasting or fermentation ... The tree is widely grown as an ornamental tree in tropical regions for its decorative flowers and unusual fruit. Planting sites should be selected carefully, as the falling fruit can cause serious injury to people, and damage vehicles parked under the trees").
Another "One weird trick to relieve joint pain". This is a stock photo, rotated 90 degrees, of "
Potato tubers of native variety from the Andes, Peru". They're one of the interesting purple-fleshed heritage varieties (see a cut example at
Native variety of Potato Tubers); similar cultivars occasionally turn up in our local grocers.
One weird trick to relieve joint pain" again.
This one's just a stock photo of lychees:
Tasty litchi, by Olga Vasilkova.
On a different note, I'm seeing this one a lot lately: "Eat THIS ... Kill High Blood Pressure" - or in some ads "New Testosterone Booster Takes GNC By Storm" or "Eat This, Never Diet Again" (what a versatile creature). This comes from another stock photo,
Jellyfish on Palm ("Small transparent round jellyfish with red lines and dark brown tentacles on palm"). I haven't been able to identify the species.
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Another "Eat This, Never Diet Again": as far as I can tell, it's a malformed tomato, the image originating with a blog post -
Weird fruits and vegetables.
"Eat This, Never Diet Again": the
previously-mentioned Finger Lime (
Citrus australasica) continues to do the rounds, though this time in close-up.
More to follow.
If you missed the earlier compendiums, see
The mysterious superfruit /
Mysterious superfruit #2 /
Mysterious superwhatevers #3 /
Mysterious superwhatevers #4.
- Ray
Another "Eat This, Never Diet Again": as far as I can tell, it's a malformed tomato, the image originating with a blog post - Weird fruits and vegetables.