21 Photos Of Unusually Funny-Shaped Fruits And Vegetables

Nature is that it never ceases to impress us. I’m talking about things like unique rock formations, amazing clouds-rainbow, lush forests or even something as simple as a funny shaped fruit or vegetable. And today we’re all about the latter. From alien-looking pickles to yams that look like severed hands, check out a collection of vegetables and fruit that look like other things in the gallery below.

Vegetables usually grow into an unusual shape due to environmental conditions. Damage to one part of the vegetable can cause the growth to slow in that area while the rest grows at the normal rate. When a root vegetable is growing and the tip is damaged, it can sometimes split, forming multiple roots attached at one point. If a plant is in the primordium (embryonic development) stage, damage to the growing vegetable can cause more extreme mutations.