Click the title link to view the photo in a larger scale at its original location. This is a five-week-old embryo found in the case of an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancies cannot survive and present great danger to the mother's health. The embryo was removed shortly after the photo was taken. The details in the photograph are amazing. At this stage it is difficult to distinguish a human fetus from the fetuses of other animals. Apologies as I reveal the horror movie lover in me, but we do look a bit like alien chestbursters during our earliest stages of development.
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