Dede Koswara dubbed the Tree Man is back after nine months of operations to remove the woody growth from his body. He was once sacked from his job, deserted by his wife and shunned by his neighbors – treated like a freak becaused of his gnarled growths sprouting from his hands and feet. The warts on Dede’s body was the cause of a severe Human Papilloma Virus infection.

The 37 year old man’s life quality has improved where he now can use his hand write and use the cell phone. Dede still has to go through more surgery in October after the fasting month to trim more warts and was given strong course of medicine including vitamin A in an attempt to prevent the return of the growth.

Check out 2 more pics of Dede Koswara the tree man getting better after the jump.

Source: Metro UK

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An ancient festival in Galicia Spain, the Rapa das bestas is an old practice of ‘Taming the Beasts’ and is thought to date back to the Bronze Age. Men and women alike would wrestle the untamed horses to the ground with their hands and arms to cut their manes and tails.

It’s a noble tradition where man pits his strength against a beast without ropes or weapons and only using his bare hands and courage. This Spanish fiesta goes on for three days of which after the horses are sent up to the hillside again and it does not involve cruelty and death.

17 more pics of the Rapa Das Bestas festival after the jump.

Source: Blame It On The Voices

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Herons are not known for preying small mammals but these intelligent birds are known to adapt flexibility in their feeding habits and in this case the cutesy bunny just got unlucky.

The little rabbit was drowned in the water which also makes the rabbit more slippery to down into the heron’s throat. It’s interesting to see the cycle of life in nature but its pretty disturbing to see birds that should be eating fish taking a taste of small land mammals. Perhaps the photographer should have rescued it instead of just observing but then again the heron would probably just look for another prey.

3 more pics of the unlucky rabbit after the jump.

Source: Eyje

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This dead alien-like being found in a small town in Thailand was claimed to be born from a cow and seems at first to be a severe case of birth malformation defect. A closer examination however reveal that the alien being resembles too much of a human baby with its front legs looking more like hands than feet.

In the form of a ritual, the local residents pour baby powder onto the dead body and burnt incense in their belief of cleansing the area of evil and hopeful that it will be reincarnated peacefully.

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These bizarre looking hair set is the creation of Japanese weird art director Nagi Noda who previously created the poodle exercise video. Her website calls theses ‘hair hats’ which are styled into the form of various kind of animals such as a lion, rabbit, elephant, rhino and many others using hand crafted hair weaves that are made using a mold or mesh of wire.

More of these cool looking animal hair styles with 10 more pics after the jump.

Source: Nagi Noda

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Pruthviraj Patil also known as the ‘Werewolf Boy’ for hair all over his face and body suffers from a rare genetic condition called hypertrichosis (Werewolf Syndrome) since birth. He is believe to be one of only 50 people in the world with this condition.

After Pruthviraj’s family tried all sorts of treatment but to no avail, they appeal to doctors for a permanent cure. The hair grows back even after laser treatment and this baffles doctors for a solution. Pruthviraj lives in his own solemn world as he gets bullied, laughed at a lot at first but soon people came to accept him.

More on the Werewolf Boy with 2 more pics after the jump.

Source: Telegraph UK

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Lai Thi Dao, a 15 year old Vietnamese girl had just underwent surgery for a 16 pound (7 kilogram) facial tumor in Miami. Finally free from the ordeal, doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Center said that Lai’s tumor was one of the largest reported. The condition is called a Schwannoma tumor which is relative common and usually benign.

International Kid’s Fund is seeking charity to help cover the cost of the treatment which was estimated to cost around $107,000. The surgery has restored Lai’s difficult life even for the simplest tasks of eating, drinking and sleeping.

2 more pics and 1 videoclip of Lai Thi Dao’s facial tumor after the jump.

Source: International Kids Fund

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Dede Koswara, 37, who is also known as ‘The Tree Man of Java’ had underwent four major operations that hacked away the bark like tissue sprouting from his hands and feet. Dede was able to see the outline of his toes for the first time as medics removed more than 4lbs of warts from his body. Spending his last 20 years (his ordeal started when he was 15 and cut his knee where a small wart developed and spread) with the bizarre condition, Dede expressed that he wants to get better and find a job and hopes that one day he will meet a girl and get married.

4 more pics of Dede Koswara The Tree Man of Java after the jump.

Source: Telegraph UK

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15 year old Indian teenager Jyoti Amge is the smallest girl in the world at a weight of 11lbs (around 5kg) and height of 1 ft 11 inch (around 58 cm). Above shows Jyoti with a neighbor’s 13 month old baby. She has a form of dwarfism called achodroplasia and will never grow any taller. Instead of being unhappy Jyoti is proud to be small and loves all the attention she is getting. People flock to see her and some even treated her like a goddess. Jyoti hopes that she could one day break into Bollywood as an actress.

2 more pics of Jyoti Amge the world smallest girl after the jump.

Source: Sunday Mirror UK

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Booger the dog, Kitty the cat and Mousey the mouse steals the attention of the public as people are amazed at their unusual friendship. Gregory Pike takes the trio to a stroll along the streets as he answers the different inquisitive questions by the public. 1 videoclip of the unusual friendship between the dog, cat and rat after the jump.

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Stephen Wiltshire from London is also known as the Human Camera. Autistic, he is a star among savants. He spoke his first words only when he was 5 and at 11, he could draw a perfect aerial view of London after one helicopter ride.

In this short excerpt from the film ‘Beautiful Minds: A Voyage into the Brain’, Wiltshire takes a helicopter journey over Rome and draws a panaromic view of what he saw entirely from memory.

1 videoclip of Stephen Wiltshire the human camera after the jump.

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There is a lot of jelly fish in the Black Sea situated south of Russia. Jellyfish are marine invertebrates and most have poisonous stings (The ones in the above are not as there are no predators and they do not develop poison) so do not assume they are not dangerous and swim with them.

3 more pics of jellyfish in the Black Sea after the jump.

Source: Tutz Tutz

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A baby girl in India was born with two faces, two mouths and four eyes in the rural Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Villagers claim that she is the reincarnation of the Indian God Ganesha and crowds offered gifts and money for the little baby girl. Doctors are not yet able to say if she is able to eat and function normally. Hoping the best for her survival and even with a birth deformity, the baby could still live a normal life with example in the case of Abigail and Brittany Hensel.

4 more pics of the two faced indian baby after the jump.

Source: Daily Mail UK

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In an attempt to garner more viewers, an animal park in China treated viewers a bizarre display of a lion riding a horse. The horse sure doesn’t look very comfortable with such a big cat on its back.

Link: Daily Mail UK

Huang Chuncai recently underwent his second operation to remove the 10kg tumours hidden inside his face at a hospital in Guangzhou China. Huang Chun Cai is a 32 year old native from a remote village in China whose facial tumours initially weighed at 23kg. Huang suffers from a genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis that effects the development and growth of nerve tissues.

2 more pics of Huang Chun Chai’s tumours after the jump.

Source: Metro UK

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