A dumbfounded look of a baby stuck in a plastic tube as baffled people on the internet. after it was posted on Reddit by a user who thought it was 'hilarious'
But the image of the unnamed youngster, with wide eyes and arms aloft while stuck in a clear container, was actually taken during an X-Ray for the child
The machine is called a Pigg O Stat, and has been produced for the medical field since the 1960s.
Manufacturers describe it as 'an all-in-one pediatric immobilization device designed for positioning infants and young children for an appropriate x-ray without significant complications.'
The snap was posted online by Bretstar, who wrote: 'I worked as a floor guy buffing and scrubbing at a hospital and every time i got to xray and radiology I always saw this machine sitting in the hallway and had to move it.
'I never once saw the xray tech grab it. I had no idea that is what this was. This pic answers a 3 year old question I never asked. Thanks.'
People working in the medical industry then started to post comments underneath the image. They said they had seen the contraption, but never realized what it did.
One wrote: 'My daughter was in one of those when she was just turning two. She's usually going to cry about anything out of the ordinary but not not this, for some reason.
'However, while she was being stoic in the area above the table, her legs were cycling a hundred miles an hour the whole time, not unlike Scooby and Shaggy when they are scared and have begun to run but haven't yet moved.'
Taking a slightly difference stance on the picture, one user posted: 'I'm totally saving this picture for when my 8 year old asks me where babies come from and how they get in the mom's belly.
"See, sweetie, the doctors load the baby into the hopper on top, and this machine compresses the baby, and using high pressure, inserts it into the belly of the mom-to-be".'
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