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*Plants with Eyes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_Y1IXVSig Just watch it]. As far as I can tell, this was produced for a television show as a sort of throw-away tease segment, but it really stands on its own as a bizarre and super-realistic visualization of the very kind of stuff we might encounter in plants from another world, or plants that were more active than ours. Apparently they started with live-action footage of real plants, and then dressed them up with CG, but the results are surprisingly effective. Then again, some of our real-life plants are pretty impressive too, as seen below. | *Plants with Eyes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_Y1IXVSig Just watch it]. As far as I can tell, this was produced for a television show as a sort of throw-away tease segment, but it really stands on its own as a bizarre and super-realistic visualization of the very kind of stuff we might encounter in plants from another world, or plants that were more active than ours. Apparently they started with live-action footage of real plants, and then dressed them up with CG, but the results are surprisingly effective. Then again, some of our real-life plants are pretty impressive too, as seen below. | ||
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"On and on it goes. It seems the more you learn, the less and less and less and less and less you know." -- Apollo Sunshine, "The Egg" | "On and on it goes. It seems the more you learn, the less and less and less and less and less you know." -- Apollo Sunshine, "The Egg" | ||
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===Miscellaneous plants=== | ===Miscellaneous plants=== | ||
[[wp:Eucalyptus deglupta|Rainbow eucalyptus trees]] are probably the most colorful trees in the world. | [[wp:Eucalyptus deglupta|Rainbow eucalyptus trees]] are probably the most colorful trees in the world. | ||
==Fungi== | |||
The [[wp:Phallus_indusiatus|Veiled lady]] is a mushroom with a skirt! In one African tongue, these are called “house of the millipede”. | |||
Some mushrooms have caps that [[wp:Turbinellus_kauffmanii|break into scales]]. | |||
Some fungi [[wp:Foxfire|create light]]. | |||
==Non-plant parasites== | ==Non-plant parasites== | ||
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===Fungi=== | ===Fungi=== | ||
The most frightening fungi are the ones that modify their host's behaviors. For instance, [[wp:Ophiocordyceps unilateralis|Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]] causes the infected host ant to clamp to the main vein of a leaf, "about 25cm above the ground, on the northern side of the plant, in an environment with 94-95% humidity and temperatures between 20 and 30°C", where it dies when the fungus emerges from its brain on a stalk and releases its spores. | The most frightening fungi are the ones that modify their host's behaviors. For instance, [[wp:Ophiocordyceps unilateralis|Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]] causes the infected host ant to clamp to the main vein of a leaf, "about 25cm above the ground, on the northern side of the plant, in an environment with 94-95% humidity and temperatures between 20 and 30°C", where it dies when the fungus emerges from its brain on a stalk and releases its spores. | ||
===Insects=== | ===Insects=== | ||