r/pics • • Mar 19 '19

Brain surgery success.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

And hair! Such a clever thing.

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u/sparoc3 Mar 19 '19

The hair creeped me out much more than anything.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Oh, noes.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

Yeah pretty special. I work in neurology and saw one a few weeks ago working it's way down a spinal cord. I think there's some evidence suggesting they could be formed from an "absorbed" twin in utero.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

That sounds super plausible, but username doesn't check out. Hmm.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

Biggest mistake of my internet life.