"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 |
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| 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.
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