Sir, you offend me deeply. I happen to be one-quarter nephelim on my mother's side of the family, so please keep your gratuitous racial slurs to yourself.
I was wondering when jhessel would offend someone.... s/he is basically wandering round saying
"LOOK THESE PEOPLE ARE DEMONS"
a practice that was somewhat in vogue a couple of hundred years ago, along with such niceties as burning people at the stake, and the spanish inquisition, but now is not exactly tolerable.
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My dad once met Robert Wadlow, who still holds the world's record at 8 feet, 11.2 (3?) inches. He was a pituitary giant and died in his early twenties of an infection resulting from poor circulation.
is that some abnormality of the pituitary gland that causes that then? and do you know of any other causes of giantism? (and is that even a word?)
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Originally Posted by Jet Black
is that some abnormality of the pituitary gland that causes that then? and do you know of any other causes of giantism? (and is that even a word?)
Wouldn't you know I just loaned out my book on that subject?
The two types of giants shown in Quale's link (Yes, giantism is a word) are those, like Robert Wadlow, whose pituitary gland goes wild and puts out to much of growth hormone (Mr. Wadlow was still growing when he died at twenty-three) and those who suffer from acromegaly, another endrocrine disorder in which the soft tissues of ones body continue to grow. They tend not to grow as tall, don't have that "beanpole" look and have a longer lifespan. Since their bodily cartilage continues to grow, their faces and hands tend to be broad in appearance. Anyone who has seen the film Princess Bride and remembers Andre the Giant, will have some idea of the appearance of a person suffering from acromegaly.
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no problem! i am only presenting a different view of the world from what is mainstream.
good thing this thread didn't get deleted because it looked like Miss Shelby (moderator) was going to delete it because she considered it "ridiculous" (if it is out of the mainstream it is ridiculous and worthy of being deleted?) :rolleyes: good thing it didnt, free speech prevailed, and it got some people interested on the subject
If it would have been up to me, I would have. There is something about birth defects being related to Satan's gene pool that I find highly offensive. Perhaps you aren't related to anyone who has a birth defect, so you wouldn't understand.
At any rate, as others have pointed out, embryos have a tail. You had one when you were an embryo. Actually you still do, you just can't see it. There really isn't anything unusual about it at all.
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