"RHS 'sheep-eating' plant about to bloom in Surrey" Topic

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Balin Shortstuff	20 Jun 2013 3:59 p.m. PST
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Lion in the Stars	20 Jun 2013 4:04 p.m. PST
I'm waiting for that one to start moving…
morrigan	20 Jun 2013 5:05 p.m. PST
Plants like that are just wrong.
Dances With Words	20 Jun 2013 5:35 p.m. PST
not to worry, just haul up a BRINE truck and douse it with nice, cold CORROSIVE 'seawater'….problem solved!
Mithmee	20 Jun 2013 6:04 p.m. PST
The American Southwest has similiar type plants though without the big stem. The points have some type of neuro-toxin so if a small animal gets poked by one they tend to stop moving and thus the plant feeds it self. Was out hiking one day and my left arm did get poked by one and the area around where I got poked went numb.
Artraccoon	20 Jun 2013 8:55 p.m. PST
TRIFFID!! I agree with Dances With Words idea!
snurl1	20 Jun 2013 10:16 p.m. PST
Like these?
Pointy Faced Aardvark	21 Jun 2013 7:01 a.m. PST
Noooo! my parents live in Surrey!
Legion 4	21 Jun 2013 7:16 a.m. PST
I wouldn't worry about it … unless your parents are sheep !
jdginaz	22 Jun 2013 12:26 p.m. PST
@Mithmee What plants are those? I've lived in the Southwest all my life and spent a fair amount of time out in the wild and have never run into any plant that has the effect that you describe.
Sargonarhes	22 Jun 2013 1:14 p.m. PST
I almost expect a song from this. Feed me Seymore. YouTube link

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