Note the careful wording of the article

A resident of Japan’s Nasushiobara City recently spotted frighteningly deformed daisies that some think may be linked to the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant:

Deformed Daisies Are Growing Near Fukushima

A resident of Japan’s Nasushiobara City recently spotted frighteningly deformed daisies that some think may be linked to the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant:

Fukushima Diary provided a translation of the tweet’s text: “The right one grew up, split into 2 stems to have 2 flowers connected each other, having 4 stems of flower tied beltlike. The left one has 4 stems grew up to be tied to each other and it had the ring-shaped flower.”

The International Business Times reports that the abnormal growth of the daisy heads (known as “fasciation”) is the result of a hormonal imbalance.

Despite the daisies’ frightening deformities, Twitter user @san_kaido goes on to explain that the radiation measurements from the area are safe for medium- to long-term habitation.

Nasushiobara City is located approximately 70 miles from Fukushima. Radiation was detected as far as 60 miles away from the plant, which melted down in 2011 after being hit by a powerful tsunami. The resulting three-reactor meltdown forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate; it was the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl incident.

I quite like them :) especially the one on the left.

Me too, and just because something looks a little different doesn’t mean we shouldn’t love it any less.

The daisies on the far right seem like regular daisies though.

Fasciation normally occurs on the whole stems rather than only the flowers.

Evolution through un-natural selection.

Peak Warming Man said:

Evolution through un-natural selection.

You are talking about Tony Abbott again.

Something similar

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/cherry-tree-from-space-mystery-baffles-japan/story-fnjwlcze-1226881728190

The wonder pip was among 265 harvested from the celebrated “Chujo-hime-seigan-zakura” tree, selected as part of a project to gather seeds from different kinds of cherry trees at 14 locations across Japan.

The stones were sent to the ISS in November 2008 and came back to Earth in July the following year with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata after circling the globe 4100 times.

Some were sent for laboratory tests, but most were ferried back to their places of origin, and a selection were planted at nurseries near the Ganjoji temple.

By April this year, the “space cherry tree” had grown to around four metres (13 feet) tall, and suddenly produced nine flowers — each with just five petals, compared with about 30 on flowers of the parent tree.

It normally takes about 10 years for a cherry tree of the similar variety to bear its first buds.

“It was an educational and cultural project to let children gather the stones and learn how they grow into trees and live on after returning from space,” said Miho Tomioka, a spokeswoman for the project’s organiser, Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS).

“We had expected the tree to blossom about 10 years after planting when the children come of age,” she said.

Kaori Tomita-Yokotani, a researcher at the University of Tsukuba, who took part in the project, told AFP she was stumped by the extraterrestrial mystery.

“We still cannot rule out the possibility that it has been somewhat influenced by its exposure to the space environment,” she said.

Tomita-Yokotani, a plant physiologist, said it was difficult to explain why the temple tree has grown so fast because there was no control group to compare its growth with that of other trees.

She said cross-pollination with another species could not be ruled out, but a lack of data was hampering an explanation.

“Of course, there is the possibility that exposure to stronger cosmic rays accelerated the process of sprouting and overall growth,” she said.

“From a scientific point of view, we can only say we don’t know why.” Wakata is back aboard the ISS, where he is in command of the station

Cymek said:

Something similar

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/cherry-tree-from-space-mystery-baffles-japan/story-fnjwlcze-1226881728190

The wonder pip was among 265 harvested from the celebrated “Chujo-hime-seigan-zakura” tree, selected as part of a project to gather seeds from different kinds of cherry trees at 14 locations across Japan.

The stones were sent to the ISS in November 2008 and came back to Earth in July the following year with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata after circling the globe 4100 times.

Some were sent for laboratory tests, but most were ferried back to their places of origin, and a selection were planted at nurseries near the Ganjoji temple.

By April this year, the “space cherry tree” had grown to around four metres (13 feet) tall, and suddenly produced nine flowers — each with just five petals, compared with about 30 on flowers of the parent tree.

It normally takes about 10 years for a cherry tree of the similar variety to bear its first buds.

“It was an educational and cultural project to let children gather the stones and learn how they grow into trees and live on after returning from space,” said Miho Tomioka, a spokeswoman for the project’s organiser, Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS).

“We had expected the tree to blossom about 10 years after planting when the children come of age,” she said.

Kaori Tomita-Yokotani, a researcher at the University of Tsukuba, who took part in the project, told AFP she was stumped by the extraterrestrial mystery.

“We still cannot rule out the possibility that it has been somewhat influenced by its exposure to the space environment,” she said.

Tomita-Yokotani, a plant physiologist, said it was difficult to explain why the temple tree has grown so fast because there was no control group to compare its growth with that of other trees.

She said cross-pollination with another species could not be ruled out, but a lack of data was hampering an explanation.

“Of course, there is the possibility that exposure to stronger cosmic rays accelerated the process of sprouting and overall growth,” she said.

“From a scientific point of view, we can only say we don’t know why.” Wakata is back aboard the ISS, where he is in command of the station

I’m not convinced that there exists a mystery.

roughbarked said:

Cymek said:

Something similar

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/cherry-tree-from-space-mystery-baffles-japan/story-fnjwlcze-1226881728190

The wonder pip was among 265 harvested from the celebrated “Chujo-hime-seigan-zakura” tree, selected as part of a project to gather seeds from different kinds of cherry trees at 14 locations across Japan.

The stones were sent to the ISS in November 2008 and came back to Earth in July the following year with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata after circling the globe 4100 times.

Some were sent for laboratory tests, but most were ferried back to their places of origin, and a selection were planted at nurseries near the Ganjoji temple.

By April this year, the “space cherry tree” had grown to around four metres (13 feet) tall, and suddenly produced nine flowers — each with just five petals, compared with about 30 on flowers of the parent tree.

It normally takes about 10 years for a cherry tree of the similar variety to bear its first buds.

“It was an educational and cultural project to let children gather the stones and learn how they grow into trees and live on after returning from space,” said Miho Tomioka, a spokeswoman for the project’s organiser, Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS).

“We had expected the tree to blossom about 10 years after planting when the children come of age,” she said.

Kaori Tomita-Yokotani, a researcher at the University of Tsukuba, who took part in the project, told AFP she was stumped by the extraterrestrial mystery.

“We still cannot rule out the possibility that it has been somewhat influenced by its exposure to the space environment,” she said.

Tomita-Yokotani, a plant physiologist, said it was difficult to explain why the temple tree has grown so fast because there was no control group to compare its growth with that of other trees.

She said cross-pollination with another species could not be ruled out, but a lack of data was hampering an explanation.

“Of course, there is the possibility that exposure to stronger cosmic rays accelerated the process of sprouting and overall growth,” she said.

“From a scientific point of view, we can only say we don’t know why.” Wakata is back aboard the ISS, where he is in command of the station

I’m not convinced that there exists a mystery.

It’s a pity the flowers weren’t four petals then you could call in the Fantastic Four cherry tree

You know where else mutant daisies grow?

Earth.

dv said:

You know where else mutant daisies grow?

Earth.

Not only are they all irradiated, they are also radial.

Fasciation is a very common occurrence, even in the Australian Bush. The following illustrations will give you some idea of the extent.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=fasciation&rlz=1T4GUEA_enAU550AU550&qscrl=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ7AlqFQoTCKbp-fqo8MYCFcMolAodp9EFYg&biw=1344&bih=649

PermeateFree said:

Fasciation is a very common occurrence.

Indeed.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Evolution through un-natural selection.

You are talking about Tony Abbott again.

Lol

dv said:

You know where else mutant daisies grow?

Earth.

Everywhere Tony Abbott has been?

CrazyNeutrino said:

dv said:

You know where else mutant daisies grow?

Earth.

Everywhere Tony Abbott has been?

That’s going a bit far. I doubt he ever stops to sniff the flowers.

Divine Angel said:

Note the careful wording of the “article”

Not worded carefully at all with frighteningly deformed daisies being an oxymoron :)

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Note the careful wording of the “article”

Not worded carefully at all with frighteningly deformed daisies being an oxymoron :)

observation is a skill. ;)

Reminds me a bit of Chernobyl. Careful studies showed there were no increases in childhood illnesses or deformities other than a slight uptick in leukemia in the Ukraine in the years after the disaster.
Some arseclown went around taking pictures of everyone with a clubfoot or cleft palate in Ukraine and published them to support the idea that there were deformities associated with the disaster.

dv said:

Reminds me a bit of Chernobyl. Careful studies showed there were no increases in childhood illnesses or deformities other than a slight uptick in leukemia in the Ukraine in the years after the disaster.
Some arseclown went around taking pictures of everyone with a clubfoot or cleft palate in Ukraine and published them to support the idea that there were deformities associated with the disaster.

I think there was a great increase in thyroid cancer too.

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Note the careful wording of the “article”

Not worded carefully at all with frighteningly deformed daisies being an oxymoron :)

Well spotted.