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	Fantastic Fruit
JohnWaterman
9-23-2008 1:27 PM
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9-24-2008 5:17 AM
valann 47
some of them seem to have faces, thanks for this.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2a48e8d0-a95c-4fe9-841d-03fe7d8402d6/8343AC00-A01B-47F1-B13C-F64920ABA511/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716620" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716620" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716620"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/1FEDCC07-D88B-4D9D-BD11-6D8F896A9369" alt="Litchi chinensis chinensis: lychee" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716620"><P>Detail of the surface of a lychee – the fruit of Litchi chinensis chinensis, a native of south China</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716626" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716626" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716626"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/06050F4B-DCF8-4532-A418-078806E53249" alt="Surface of Actinidia deliciosa ? kiwi fruit" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716626">detail of the fruit of Actinidia deliciosa or kiwi fruit</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716622" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716622" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716622"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/D608B6D7-0623-4D5E-BB9C-DDEE1571F17E" alt="Flower bud of Drimys winteri or Winter?s bark tree" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716622"><P>Flower bud of the winter's bark tree Drimys winteri, a native of Central and South America, sliced open to reveal petals, stamens and carpels</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716618" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716618" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716618"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/8A621895-2558-4B9D-AE6C-6EB566F431BC" alt="Fruit of Calotis breviradiata or short-rayed burr daisy" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716618"><P>Fruit of the short-rayed burr daisy (Calotis breviradiata), a native of Australia. The feathery "rays" may facilitate dispersal by wind and animals</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716624" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716624" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716624"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/67767DF0-711B-4AE4-B0D2-89A4247C3D33" alt="Flower of Phytolacca acinosa or Indian pokeweed" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716624"><P>Flower of Indian pokeweed (Phytolacca acinosa) </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716628" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716628" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716628"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/DCC4A811-508C-43A4-B7E0-6A9BCFA8451D" alt="Hylocereus undatus:? dragon fruit or pitahaya" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716628"><P>Fruit of the dragon fruit or pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) encased in leaves. Inside, the fruit contains hundreds of tiny black seeds embedded in an edible, sweet, white or red pulp</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716632" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716632" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716632"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/6CA2A777-7424-4596-8D0F-A75C6F17A446" alt="Garden strawberry" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716632"><P>Fragaria x ananassa, aka garden strawberry</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716630" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716630" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716630"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/7B443CF8-4A8D-4830-86D1-23471F3DC36F" alt="Detail of surface of garden strawberry" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716630"><P>Seeds on the surface of a garden strawberry. The fruit's lurid colour and sweet flesh are a perfect inducement for birds to ingest and spread them to pastures new</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716634" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716634" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716634"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/BA41E2D9-C1BB-455A-BB3A-63D830BFF399" alt="Fruit of Hibiscus mutabilis or Confederate rose" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716634"><P class="number"></p> <P>Fruit of the Confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716636" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716636" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716636"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/6DC03115-6A27-4B8F-99CB-EC6085DEE48D" alt="Flower of Pararchidendron pruinosum or snow wood" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/sep/23/fruit.seeds.royal.institution?picture=337716636"><P class="number"></p> <P>Fruit of the snow wood (Pararchidendron pruinosum)</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8343AC00-A01B-47F1-B13C-F64920ABA511/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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