What is this? – Image of the Week

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Can you guess what this is?

Although this “ball of gum with mushrooms growing out of it” may look pretty innocuous, it is in fact a very dangerous virus. This is an image of a magnified HIV virus. After doing much research on what the HIV virus actually looked like, I created this image in 3D Studio Max.

You can find this image in my library under science-health >> health >> HIV Virus