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Teratomas and Jenny Hanovers: Both made of parts that just shouldn’t be there. (But you wanted a tumor with teeth that can think and/or a creepy taxidermy mermaid, right?)
Curiosity Shop Show Notes:
Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:
Links to research materials:
Teratomas:
- What is a Teratoma? https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-teratoma
- Teratomas: the tumours that can transform into ‘evil twins’: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/teratoma-tumour-evil-twin-cancer
- Tetranoma: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/teratoma?lang=us
- Woman Diagnosed with ‘Evil Twin’ Tumour Urges Others to Act on Symptoms: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/woman-diagnosed-evil-twin-teratoma-tumour-warns-others-act-symptoms-a7049846.html
Jenny Hanover:
- Conrad Gessner’s Historia Animalium: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42166434#page/849/mode/1up
- Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology by George Eberhart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47107.Mysterious_Creatures
- The Vintage News article: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/15/jenny-hanivers/
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