# Could someone please tell me what I'm seeing here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-tell-me-what-im-seeing-here/541604>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-tell-me-what-im-seeing-here/541604 "2010-06-02T04:32:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-tell-me-what-im-seeing-here/541604/1 "2010-06-02T04:32:26Z")

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I don’t know any foreign languages, and surely someone can explain. Fair warning- probably not a great link for the squeamish: [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=B0rd_ISkS7g&feature=related)

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-tell-me-what-im-seeing-here/541604/2 "2010-06-02T04:55:05Z")

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Apparently [harlequin ichthyosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_type_ichthyosis). Images of these poor children turn up frequently on shock sites.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-tell-me-what-im-seeing-here/541604/3 "2010-06-02T06:22:04Z")

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[moderating]  
Looks like this thread is a duplicate, so I’m closing it. See the other one [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12524632).  
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