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Botanical Wednesday: Walking? No way

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19 Responses to “Botanical Wednesday: Walking? No way”

  1. If that’s a walking palm, why are there still strawberry runners?

    Can’t answer that, can you, damned dirty evolutionist?

    Glen Davidson

  2. Cuttlefish says:

    And, dammit, where is Carl Pilkington’s Mexican Jumping Bean?

  3. meg says:

    Did anyone else think Day of the Triffords?

  4. A. R says:

    Socratea exorrhiza, one of the more bizarre members of the Kingdon Plantae (and there are plenty of those).

  5. Marie the Bookwyrm says:

    Since I’m currently re-reading LOTR, I have only one response. ENTS!!!!!

  6. I got to see a few of those last year on a trip to Nicaragua. Lots of interesting stuff down there. Strangler Figs, for instance.

  7. Cupcake Porn says:

    It’s almost like it forgot that it could grow roots from the base :)

  8. Brian says:

    Nah, it just decided that growing roots from the base was for suckahs. It’s like baggy pants — all the cool trees are into visible roots now.

  9. frankb says:

    Hey, cut out all the middle stuff and you have a frame for a teepee. Hollow out the trunk and you have a chimney. Very intelligently designed.

  10. A. R says:

    frankb: But can you stick in your mouth in a ridiculously Poe unconscious imitation of a sex act?

  11. autumn says:

    This is why you must keep the ents away from the triffids.

  12. sc_9893656a3349bb748e4f9f13498cdf3b says:

    Reminds me of the dude in that Ween video

    http://youtu.be/DU91POX33aE

  13. chigau (違う) says:

    autumn @12
    Are there any Men In Black on your doorstep?
    Don’t open the door!!!1!!

  14. F says:

    Why not? With a daily helping of walk water.

  15. frog says:

    It’s like an ent-centipede. An entipede.

  16. frankb says:

    A.R said,frankb: But can you stick in your mouth in a ridiculously Poe unconscious imitation of a sex act?

    WTF

  17. WMDKitty says:

    LOL @ “entipede”

    It’s a dryad.

  18. charlessoto says:

    That looks like a much higher quality effects Triffid.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055894/


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