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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: chokkan 2 on October 05, 2007, 06:38:12 PM
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It sounds like something out of "Star Trek" -- a tropical plant that uses toxic and come-hither odors and rising temperatures to ensure pollination. But in fact, this scenario is straight out of nature. In a paper released Thursday, US biologists report that the Australian cycad, a primitive tropical plant with large seed cones, uses a novel "pull-push" method to manipulate the tiny flying insects, or thrips, that it relies on for pollination. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071004/sc_afp/ussciencepollination;_ylt=Aruoa3btTMEeoc2nYVHfjsgPLBIF)
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Them lil bugs are getting pimped by those plants, but thats their way, and nature always finds a way to get something done.