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Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. And we've known about it for quite a while.
Leonardo da Vinci, for example, described seeing characters in natural markings on stone walls, which he believed could help inspire his artworks. And in the 1950s, the Bank of Canada had to withdraw a series of banknotes because people saw a grinning devil leaping from the curls of the Queen's hair.
However, pareidolia can be really fun, too. Just look at this list of photos from Bored Panda. At first glance, it looks like a seemingly casual batch of veggies and fruits. But a closer examination will reveal they have "become" something else. Enjoy!
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#1
After Stewing In His Emotions, Emo Veg Comes To The Conclusion That The Root Of The World's Problems Is That People Don't Seem To Carrot All
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#2
This Tomato Looks Like A Duck
Sometimes, an abnormal look can make fruits and veggies land in the bin. Of course, food waste exists across the food supply chain due to pests and mold, poor climate control, and household waste, but imperfect produce is often turned away by grocery stores for not meeting strict cosmetic standards as well, making up around 40% of total food waste.
Philip Behn, the CEO of Imperfect Foods, a company that is on a mission to eliminate food waste, told Forbes that there are many reasons this could happen: "It could be a small quirk in appearance based on shape, size, or color that has no impact on flavor or nutrition. Beyond produce, perfectly good grocery items often go to waste for similarly illogical reasons. Grocers won't purchase or stock goods that are close to expiration or going through packaging changes, regardless of quality."
Reducing food loss has been identified as one of the most effective ways to improve food security – an increasingly important challenge as the global population continues to grow. Plus, food waste also hugely contributes to global warming and our carbon footprint.
But ugly food is fighting back. More and more companies are selling ugly produce and using it in their products, reversing the fate of discarded monstrosities to delicious, perfectly edible, and nutritious food.
The ugly produce movement also has the potential to pass lower prices onto customers.
So if you stumble upon a radish that resembles a foot — buy it. You'll be doing your part.
#5
Going To Have To Eat This Chicken As It Hasn't Laid A Single Bloody Egg Yet
#6
This Incredible Carrot Hand Was Found While Digging Juice Carrots At Our Farm Today
#8
She Thought He Did Not Carrot All, But He Bought Her 21-Carrot Ring
#9
Foot Shaped Radish Goes On Display
#10
Naughty Pears
Mihai Mara 4 years ago
Farmer: 'So I was walking in the orchard and kept hearing moans but there was nobody there except me. No idea what was going on".
#11
Kawaii Gourd
Final score:
240points
#12
This Banana Looks Exactly Like My Mom's Dog
#13
The Goddess Lives
#14
That's A Sweet Beartato
#15
This Onion Looks Like An Angry Bird
#16
F**k You Too, Broccoli
#17
This Tomato That Grew In Our Garden Is Shaped Like A Butterfly
#18
This Yam Looks Like A Human Hand
Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 4 years ago
Are you sure it's not?! I'd be pretty freaked out to dig that up!!
#19
This Pumpkin In Our Garden Split And It Looks Like It Has Teeth
#20
An Exceptionally Suave And Sophisticated Daikon Radish
#21
This Potato Looks Like A Seal
#22
This Strawberry Looks Like A Butterfly
#24
Hmmm
#25
Best Eggplant Ever
#26
The Skin On My Apple Kinda Looks Like The Silhouette Of A Camel
#27
I Thought This Gourd Looked Like A Snail
Airis Malfoy 4 years ago
when you ignore the green part, and look at the yellow one, it looks like Sid the Sloth from Ice age.... or is it just me? https://images.app.goo.gl/EFXnb2GoJF35dbiA7
#28
This Purple Carrot Looks Like A Bartender Ready To Take Your Drink Order And Listen To Your Troubles
#29
I Thought There Was A Severed Finger In My Fruit Bowl. It Was Just Some Ginger
Mihai Mara 4 years ago
You can't fool us! I know how a severed finger looks like when I see one! .... *cough* cause I've seen them in movies. In movies, yes.
#30
My Carrot Looks Like A Person
#31
This Eggplant Has A Face
#32
So Aparrotly This Is Milkweed
#33
This Small Red Potato Looks Like An Anatomical Heart
#34
I Don't Think I Can Eat This Potato
#35
My Friend Found A Lemon Shaped Like An Elephant
#36
Pear That Looks Like A Kiwi (Bird)
#37
A Rather Sinister Onion
#38
My Wife's Bell Pepper Looks Like A Big Nosed Grumpy Old Man Smoking A Cig
#39
We Grew An Eggplant That Looks Like The Poop Emoji
#40
My Potato Looks Like It's Trying To Escape Itself
#41
This Jalapeño Looks Like A T-Rex
#42
The Happiest Potato I've Ever Seen
#43
My Sister Grew A Carrot That Looks Like Arnold
#44
It Looks Exactly Like Larry Bird
#46
This Carrot Wants To Be An Astronaut
#47
This Cucumber Looks Like A Swan
#48
My Friend’s Smoked Cauliflower Looks Like An Explosion
#49
This Pepper Is About To Sneeze
#50
Tomato My Wife Grew vs. One Our Friends Bought
#51
My Celeriac Scared The Devil Out Of Me
Tammie Johnson 4 years ago
I feel as though this celeriac root may have been planted on top of an ancient Indian burial ground.
#52
My Apple Looks Like Its Still Loading
#53
This Strawberry I Found Is Shaped Like A Perfect Flower
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
My sisters and I were cutting tomatoes when we found one that had a perfect flower shape inside.
#54
Brilliant Spider-Man Homecoming Cosplay
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
How did they get such a high resolution photo of my willpower holding my brain together 🤔
#55
This Strawberry I Found Looks Like Mario
#56
This Vegetable Looks Like An Ood From Dr. Who
#57
Grumpy Cat Apple
#58
I'm Seeing Tomato Elephants
#59
Scary Figure Inside This Cabbage
#60
The Tomato We Grew Looks Like Sauron’s Eye
#61
My Dad Found This Little Guy While Peeling Some Vegetables
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
A timely reminder that vegetables can be funny without being pornographic
#62
Oh The Horrors
#63
Buff Carrot
#64
This Peanut Looks Like A Duck
#66
My Ginger Has A Gnome Growing From It
#67
The Sad Mr. Ugly Veg
#68
This Pumpkin Stem Looks Like A Dragon
#69
This Potato Looks Like An Evil Sloth
#70
This Pumpkin That Looks Like A Swan
#71
Work In Food Production, Found A Baby Carrot We All Thought Was A Human Finger At First
#72
This Blueberry Looks Like An Owl's Head
#73
This Carrot Looks Like It's Walking
Mihai Mara 4 years ago
"I'm walking away / From the troubles in my life I'm walking away / Oh, to find a better day"
#74
My Wife's Potato Looks Like Admiral Ackbar
#75
I Sliced Open This Green Pepper To Reveal A Smiley Face On Both Halves
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Finally a smiling bell pepper, as opposed to the screaming zombie ones X(
#76
My Mom Cut Into Her Carrot And Found A Smiley Face
#77
This Beet That Is Perfectly Shaped Like A Human Heart
#78
This Stem Looks Like A Person Who Stepped In A Tomato
#79
Both The Banana Slice And My Dog Just Thinking Right Now - What The Hell Is So Funny Steve?
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
Maybe dogs and bananas have some sort of connection? My doggo will bug the heck outta me until I peel and feed her any banana she might see or sniff out.
#81
The Devil Is In The "Ugly" Fruit And Veg
#82
Usually They're Pretty Freaked Out
#83
I Found A Man’s Face In My Watermelon
#84
Vegetable Looks Like A Giant Foot
#85
The Way This Tomato From My Garden Looks Like A Giant Ant Is Eating It
#86
This Gigantic Potato That Looks Like Sid From Ice Age
#87
This Tomato From My Garden Is Shaped Like A Bunny Head
#88
My Ginger Root Looks Like A Lobster
#90
My Dad's Onion Looks Like Strong Bad
#91
Creepy Piece Of Fruit
#92
Inside Of This Tomato Looks Like A Perfect Strawberry
#93
Probably A Good Listener
#94
My Boyfriend’s Homegrown Potato Looks Like The Reddit Icon
#95
This Piece Of Ginger Looks Like A Rabbit
#96
I Present To You A Buddha's Hand Fruit, Looks Like An Octopus
#97
My Homegrown Cucumber Slices Into Happy Faces
#99
Oh No, I Grew An Evil Bell Pepper
#100
Sliced Green Pepper In Half And It Decided To Smile Back At Me
#101
This Bell Pepper I Cut At Work Looks Like Happy And Sad Faces
#102
This Sweet Potato We Got That Looks Like A Bird
#103
There’s Small Pepper Growing Out Of Our Larger One Which Ironically Looks Like A Baby
#104
Found This Happy Kiwi In My Lunch Yesterday
#105
This Tomato Looks Like A Rubber Duckie
#106
This Deformed Apple That Looks Like A Big Nosed Smoker
#107
Piece Of Ginger Looks Like A Disembodied Finger
#108
This Potato Looks Like A One-Eyed Canadian From South Park
#109
This Berry In My Drink Looks Like A Little Octopus
#110
The Veggie Wars Have Begun
#111
It's What's On The Inside That Counts
#112
This Japanese Eggplant Looks Like A Bird
#113
This Potato That Looks Like A Lobster
#114
This Sweet Potato That Looks Like A Human Heart
#115
Half-Human Half-Carrot
#116
This Onion Came With A Happy Face
#117
This Sweet Potato Looks Like A Happy Little Whale
#118
My Ginger Root Looks Like A Sitting Elephant
#119
A Cherry Tomato That Looks Like It Has Horns Like Satan
#120
This Giant Beet From My Garden Looks Like A Heart
#121
This Strawberry Looks Like A Little Guy
#122
I Found Two Blueberries Fused Together. It Looks Like A Pair Of Eyes
#123
This Vegetable Sort Of Looks Like Snoopy
#124
I Grew A Rare Bell Pepe
#125
The Rare Dragon Pepper - Guaranteed To Breath Fire And Spice Into Your Meal
Kim Steffen 4 years ago
Hotter peppers seem to be on the small side. Thai chili peppers are deceptively hot.
#128
Potato Man
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What do you think ?
Monday 4 years ago
Seeing things like this makes me wonder how farmers reacted to misshapen crops like this hundreds of years ago. Did they understand they were harmless mutations or was this the basis for "witchcraft" allegations?
Nevits Yibble 4 years ago (edited)
Of course, if any of these happened to even remotely look like Jesus, the vertical freakout factor (VFF) would be cranked up to 11 by the god-heads
iblowsheep 4 years ago
Damn i was looking for a misshapen pear so i could make a pareidolia joke
Monday 4 years ago
No it's a sign of how things look when they're grown "organically". The pretty, perfect fruits and veggies we see in the stores have been messed with far more than these.
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Seeing things like this makes me wonder how farmers reacted to misshapen crops like this hundreds of years ago. Did they understand they were harmless mutations or was this the basis for "witchcraft" allegations?
Nevits Yibble 4 years ago (edited)
Of course, if any of these happened to even remotely look like Jesus, the vertical freakout factor (VFF) would be cranked up to 11 by the god-heads
iblowsheep 4 years ago
Damn i was looking for a misshapen pear so i could make a pareidolia joke
Monday 4 years ago
No it's a sign of how things look when they're grown "organically". The pretty, perfect fruits and veggies we see in the stores have been messed with far more than these.
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