http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-60383 jay Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:25:10 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-60383 lol lol

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-32708 bharath Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:19:07 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-32708 i got hit by a falling coconut may be around 1kg. center of my head so what may happen to me is this danger?pls help me? i got hit by a falling coconut may be around 1kg. center of my head so what may happen to me is this danger?pls help me?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29216 jay Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:58:10 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29216 My neice who was 8 months old was hit by the coconut on the head. Her grandmother brought her outside the house, then they didn't notice that the coconut fall off..I hate coconuts because it can kill humans. My 8 months old neice is under observation. This is happened in the philippines My neice who was 8 months old was hit by the coconut on the head. Her grandmother brought her outside the house, then they didn't notice that the coconut fall off..I hate coconuts because it can kill humans. My 8 months old neice is under observation. This is happened in the philippines

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29215 Karen Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:01:48 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29215 I know the author of this paper. It's a serious matter. Absolutely, head trauma is not funny. I know the author of this paper. It's a serious matter. Absolutely, head trauma is not funny.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29214 Anonymous Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:25:24 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29214 So what's the upshot? Do we need to increase the African swallow population in areas with Coconut palms? This would be ROFL if it were Monty Python related. Come back when someone does a study to determine whether a swallow could actually "grip it by the husk". So what's the upshot? Do we need to increase the African swallow population in areas with Coconut palms? This would be ROFL if it were Monty Python related. Come back when someone does a study to determine whether a swallow could actually "grip it by the husk".

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29213 Anonymous Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:50:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29213 agree with drpantzo: definitely NOT funny! agree with drpantzo: definitely NOT funny!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29212 Shin Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:28:38 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29212 "Since mature coconut palms may have a height of 24 up to 35 meters and an unhusked coconut may weigh 1 to 4 kg, blows to the head of a force exceeding 1 metric ton are possible." "Since mature coconut palms may have a height of 24 up to 35 meters and an unhusked coconut may weigh 1 to 4 kg, blows to the head of a force exceeding 1 metric ton are possible."

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/comment-page-1/#comment-29211 drpantzo Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:18:32 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/08/26/injuries-due-to-falling-coconuts/#comment-29211 It's unusual to those of us who live far away from coconut palms, but I'd hardly consider it to be funny. Head trauma ≠ ROFL It's unusual to those of us who live far away from coconut palms, but I'd hardly consider it to be funny. Head trauma ≠ ROFL

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