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Pancreas Amigurumi

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Published: May 25, 2009

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The pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestine. These enzymes help in the further breakdown of the carbohydrates, protein, and fat in the chyme.

The pancreas amigurumi is a 9" knitted wool toy, and while it doesn't produce or secrete anything, but it looks gosh darn cute. Though it has both a bile duct and a veinous system, I recommend against using it in the place of an actual organ.

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640x480px 160.63 KB

Make

PENTAX Corporation

Model

PENTAX Optio S12

Shutter Speed

1/80 second

Aperture

F/2.8

Focal Length

8 mm

ISO Speed

400

Date Taken

Aug 1, 2008, 9:31:51 PM

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Phyrbyrd

May 25, 2009

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This is very, very cute, although I would have had no idea what it was had you not said. I would have assumed it was some kind of vegetable - possibly a parsnip or some kind of squash, but then, I have never seen a pancreas.
The idea is incredibly original - I've seen a few plushy bodily organs done before, usually lungs and hearts, but the only pancreas I've ever come across was part of a knitted digestive system - it didn't have beady little eyes and it certainly wasn't cute.
I'm no knitting expert so I'm not sure how much weight my opinion has here - suffice to say your knitting is far, far better than mine and the construction of this thing seems to have very little to be desired.
So - yes. Very cute, very charming, very original - very well done.