Anthropomorphism

Yes, it's a difficult word, isn't it? It means attributing human characteristics to things that are not human, such as animals, plants and inanimate objects. I am using it in a slightly different way - to mean attributing animal characteristics to plants. For instance, one of my readers pointed out that this photo makes a rhubarb leaf look a bit like a dragon (assuming you know what a dragon looks like).

I now offer you this one - I reckon it looks like a pair of penguins, dancing. "OK, Mark, have you been at the Magic Mushrooms again?" you may say, but look again and I think you'll see what I mean.

Here they are again, but with the kids this time...

These are actually photos of chits or sprouts on a "Kestrel" potato. The purple tinge is authentic, by the way. That's how they are in real life.

And these are not really tomatoes at all - they are clams...



And what do you think this is???

It's actually the natural "seam-line" on a Christophene or Chow-Chow.

Is this a cross-section of a brain, or what...?

And isn't this a tropical fish of some sort?

OK, I admit it. I did edit this one a leeetle bit.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", they say, and so I believe is Anthropomorphism!