A cucumber in the shape of the Coronavirus grown in a village of Nabarangpur district has raised curiosity among people.
Due to the crown-like spikes in the surface of Covid-19 virus as has been observed by scientists, the virus is known as coronavirus. Accordingly, scientists developed a rough sketch of the Covid-19 virus to identify it and create awareness.
Now, a similar kind of spikes that of the coronavirus in a cucumber grown in a garden at Saraguda village under Dabugaon block of the district has become a topic of discussion, said Rabi Kiran Nag, the owner of the garden.
“When I visited the garden to make payment to labourers working here, one of them plucked a cucumber looking like coronavirus. I was completely surprised seeing the cucumber. After I shared the cucumber’s image on social media, lots of people have been enquiring about it and visiting the garden to get a glimpse of the unusually-shaped cucumber,” added Nag.