Strawberry that looks like a bear

Behold: the StrawBEARy, a miraculous mutant fruit discovered by Redditor Taybow, and put into the Internets for the greater glory.

Found a strawBEARy! (imgur.com) (via Neatorama)

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sethgodin

That doesn’t look like a bear. It looks like the Virgin Mary.
- Snig
  
  And I’m not sure it’s appropriate the way that Elvis is looking at her.
- Ty_MY
  
  I wish there was some way to show this strawberry to the overly-religious. Sometimes a strawberry is just a strawberry. It’s your imagination that gives it extra meaning. Over here last year hundreds of people started praying and crying because a “silhouette” that “resembles” the Virgin Mary “appeared” on the dust film covering the windows of a local church. Well, if only there was a religion that worships bears. This strawberry can be so eBayed!
  - http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
    
    My spirit animal is a bear…
    - cub
      
      it’s as though they don’t know about bear fetishes– or the other kind of bear fetishes!
      - http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
        
        Ursine-ing to imply something?
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BOOM27DBLMZQIJVK4BQLE7K5YA Nagurski
      
      Well then, if you’re part of the legion of believers flocking to this person’s house to see the miracle, do bring donuts or something else to share.
      - http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
        
        I’ll bring some bearclaws.
Andrew Reid

It’s an awesome strawberry, but for some reason, now I want bacon…
- oasisob1
  
  …and Bundt cake.
FusionEnvy

Bacon 6 @ 4:30 P.M. I will be there at 4:29. And bring the strawberry!
SuperMatt

Just look at it.
- ymr049c
  
  No, you’re thinking of a banana.
  - bcsizemo
    
    Even the bananas are looking at it.
Roman Berry

Know what would really be awesome? Bears that look like strawberries!
- Wreckrob8
  
  Giant strawberries that rummage through your bins looking for left overs.
  - Felton / Moderator
    
    This banana dragon should keep your bins safe.
Lewis Baumstark

First thought was “Bearyl Strawberry”
That_Anonymous_Coward

You are what you eat… and sadly I can now confirm what exactly it was that happened on that dark day in Strawberryland. All we had to work with was a red smudge that first was thought to be jelly… sadly it was the remains of Ms. Shortcake.

The StrawBeary will be brought to fruit animal control and most likely will be put down as a danger to society. The public defender appointed to represent The Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak has petitioned the court to release his client from jail in light of this new evidence.

We were unable to reach Custard cat for comment on this sad turn of events.
- bcsizemo
  
  You are what you eat
  
  Obviously consumption of one of these is required before someone can truly realize what it means to have a right to bear arms. Pic related…
Bink Binkerson

Look like a threat to Freedom® and the American Way of Life. 99 years at Gitmo. Now.
prawojazdy

Tardigrade.
- Wreckrob8
  
  PLANT-i-grade. It’s a fucking fruit.
Caffeine99

There’s a Monsanto joke in there somewhere…
- cub
  
  THANKS, OBAMA MONSANTO!
Øyvind

I will eat that StrawBear…and then its powers will be mine!
Antinous / Moderator

If I were a drug dealer, I would definitely have a strawberry that looks like a bear.
niktemadur

StrawBEARy

Oh that’s good… that’s beary good!
miasm

Finally! Untold years of genetic manipulation bear fruit.
Petzl

Finally I have vindication that all these years worshipping Lord Shardik have not been in vain.
Cluckx3

Ahh thats cool as hell :3