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A new book - written by two experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - reveals the ingenious and often devious strategies which plants have developed to help ensure their continued existence. picked by maven 2 months ago tags fruit photos survival behavior in plants seeds |
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A smelly Polynesian fruit nicknamed the 'vomit fruit' drives away most predators, except a species of fruit fly. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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U.S. scientists have found tropical plants might be more adaptable than thought to changing rainfall patterns accompanying global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Wow, these plants make a venus fly trap seem normal. 9 comments edit related share plime.comThese things move on their own! Mother Nature at her finest! picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago |
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Ever hear of a carnivorous plant? What about a plant that smells like rotting meat when it blooms? It may sound like something out of a horror movie or science fiction novel but these plants really exist. Here is a list of the World's Strangest Plants: picked by eranjack 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels. picked by Bornbad 6 months ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Britain's "Noah's Ark" for plants just reached its 1 billionth seed. By 2010, they'll have 10% of the world's plants categorized. They hope to have 25% by 2020... that's a LOT of plants! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
