Awkward Stock Photo is Awkward

Ummm. What exactly is going on here? Is that carrot, um... Should I have marked this as NWS?

Dare I ask what the white stuff is on the carrot's forehead? Have the leaves on the carrot somehow turned into eyes?

And, as I so often ask of the images on Awkward Stock Photo (akwardstock), what sort of newspaper story would require buying this graphic to run with it?!

Edit: And I didn't even spot until now that the carrot appears to have balls...