These freaky looking fruits creep out Chinese netizens

[Rogue Trader]

Baby-looking pears scare many netizens
By Ke Jiayun | 2013-3-12

The pears, labeled "Lucky baby pear," look like sleeping babies. (Photo: Sina Weibo)

PEARS resembling toy babies appeared in a Beijing supermarket and caused a big stir online as many people find them spooky, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

These pears, labeled "Lucky baby pear," looked like sleeping babies.

A woman surnamed Wang posted a picture of the pears on her microblog and it went viral on Weibo.com, China's answer to Twitter.

Wang said she found the pears in a Sam's Club supermarket in Yizhuang residential area. A two-pear pack costs 20 yuan.

Some netizens said they felt scared as "these babies might open their eyes any moment. It's unthinkable to have a bite on the babies," one Weibo user tweeted.

However, a Beijing Morning Post reporter visited several supermarkets in the city and failed to find baby-like pears.

A Beijing horticulture expert, Lei xiaomao, said these pears grew inside transparent plastic molds which gave the fruits the human shape. They taste the same as normal pears.

"I think it is merely a marketing stunt of the producer and is not worth copying by other fruit growers," Lei said.

 

[songsongpunggol]

what is the point of making something many are afraid to buy?

 

[Fugly]

Put in mould during growth?

 

[myfoot123]

what is the point of making something many are afraid to buy?

Probably can gain immortaility after consumption. You watched "journey to the west" where the monkey god stole those (Ren Shen Guo) from the tree. This pair look quite similar from the movie.

 

[chupacabra]

This is stupid and sick. Chinese farmers got nothing better to do i guess.

 

[tanwahtiu]

if they come up with cheebye shapes I think it may become popular in Karaoke and nightclubs.

what is the point of making something many are afraid to buy?