Real plants grow up from the stomach of the dead

Scientists claim that a person who eats seeds then dies, seeds germinate, and grow into a tree from a dead person's stomach is entirely possible.

Professor Jay Noller, land scientist at Oregon State University (USA), recently analyzed on Live Science about the myth that when people eat a whole tree and die, buried in the ground , that seed can germinate from the stomach and borrow the body of the dead to grow in the way that parasitic plants do.

One of the three remains was found under the mysterious fig tree of Cyprus - (photo: CYPRUS MAIL).

Tree grows up from the dead body is the story is heating up in many aspects of European American newspapers. Over the weekend, the mysterious missing Turkish skeleton from 1974 was discovered in the island of Cyprus thanks to a fig tree growing right above. The family thought that he had eaten the fig before and after his death, the fig tree had sprouted from his stomach, as a way of calling for help from the deep underground, expecting relatives to find it.

The tree grows in a cave. Recently, a plant researcher tried to dig around it because of curiosity, not understanding why a fig tree chose to grow as the dark cave. The researcher was very shocked when he found many human bones.

The police received the scene and identified a total of 3 remains, including the man and two unidentified people, scattered in the cave. Tests showed that three people had been cornered into the cave and thrown into explosives. Explosives create another hole on the other side of the cave, enabling sunlight to enter, from which the fig tree grows. But scientists do not find human remains inside the mysterious fig tree.

However, Professor Jay Noller confirmed that it is possible for a seed to germinate from the dead belly, although the case is not yet confirmed."Not only the stomach, but also from any part of the human or animal digestive system," he said.

While undigested seeds are often shed by feces in live animals, the seeds that the dead eaters will be trapped in their bodies, when life activities abruptly stop. Jay Noller said the case of plants growing from the bodies of other animals is not rare, so there is no reason it cannot grow from humans. In addition to the ingested seeds, the seeds of dead people who accidentally bring or drop nearby can also use nutrients from human bodies to grow into trees.

Using dead animal meat to fertilize trees is quite common in many cultures. In the United States, the Wampanoag natives have taught immigrants to use the excess fish to fertilize corn.

In addition, in 2015, people actually found the rest of a medieval skeleton rooted by a closed old oak tree.

The scientific community and the authorities did not delve further into the fig tree in Cyprus because whether or not it is true, the family's beliefs about him being transformed into a green tree can be a peace. ironing for them.