Grow a paireidolia

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Nov 1, 2011 7:00 PMNov 19, 2019 11:56 PM

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I believe without reservation that this may be the greatest instance of pareidolia of all time: an ultrasound of a man experiencing epididymo-orchitis, or pain and swelling of a testicle:

Having suffered through a similar (if less traumatic) version of this, may I add that the expression on the man's, um, "face" is exquisitely accurate.

Tip o' the codpiece to my Hive Overmind co-blogger Ed Yong on Google+. Original image: Elsevier, Inc.

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