You May Be Tempted To Pay $10 For This Piece Of Fruit!

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First there were the curvy cucumbers, then came heart-shaped watermelons and now . . . Baby Buddha shaped pears.

The funky-shaped fruit was developed by Gao Xianzhang, a Chinese farmer in Hebia, Northern China, who decided to create the exotic-looking fruit, after he noticed people paying extra for odd-shaped watermelons.

It took him six years to develop the perfectly shaped mold, inside which these pears grow, but it definitely seems worth it. Despite the hefty price tag of $10USD per pear, they have been extremely popular in his village, where people consider them good-luck charms.

This year, he has managed to harvest 10,000 of these amazingly cute pieces of fruit. He is now hoping to export them to Europe and is currently awaiting the appropriate approvals.

Maybe some day he will be able to grow enough to send to other parts of the world too!

sources:dailynews.co.uk, slashfood.com

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43 Comments
  • happypug12
    happypug12over 11 years
    Wait, do those fruits naturally grow in baby buddha shape, or does he carve them?
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    • bigmelo
      bigmeloalmost 11 years
      Um, I think the farmer (Gao Xianzhang {I can pronounce that, by the way :D}) puts the pears in a mold & allows the pears to grow into the molds until they are fully developed. :)
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    • izzy10can
      izzy10canover 11 years
      Me either rip off?!? XD
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      • p0lly1
        p0lly1over 11 years
        i probally wouldn't get one for 10 dollars
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        • happypug12
          happypug12over 11 years
          I would pay $10 dollars for one if they were in the shape of Medusa. Now that would be cool. By the way, if you look into Medusa's eyes, you will turn to stone.
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        • amarover 11 years
          it is fine
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          • KOALAS ARE COOLover 11 years
            WATER MELONS ARE FABULOUS Pewdiepie style.
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            • otter
              otteralmost 12 years
              I have to see that! That is awesome!
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              • headream100
                headream100almost 12 years
                Wait that's weird
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                • Whatisbuddha100over 12 years
                  My avatar got lost in the comment below!
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                  • Whatisbuddha100over 12 years
                    It's totally cute
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                    • BubbleJuicealmost 13 years
                      That's cute...
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