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Some plants get bored waiting for Mother Nature to send wind or insects to help them spread seeds or pollen, and take matters into their own hands. | Some plants get bored waiting for Mother Nature to send wind or insects to help them spread seeds or pollen, and take matters into their own hands. | ||
*The [ | *The [https://web.williams.edu/Biology/explodingflower/movies.html White Mulberry tree] spreads pollen by firing shots at half the speed of sound. | ||
*The fungus Pilobolus grows in cow dung, breaking it down as a [[wp:decomposer|decomposer]]. It [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrKJAojmB1Y fires its spores like a small cannon] by building up water pressure in the stalk. It leans towards and fires into the sun for some reason, and the spores can travel several feet. The need to fire the spores comes from the fact that the cows won't eat grass right next to their own waste, and Pilobolus needs to be eaten by the cow in order to end up in a fresh cow patty and grow there. | *The fungus Pilobolus grows in cow dung, breaking it down as a [[wp:decomposer|decomposer]]. It [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrKJAojmB1Y fires its spores like a small cannon] by building up water pressure in the stalk. It leans towards and fires into the sun for some reason, and the spores can travel several feet. The need to fire the spores comes from the fact that the cows won't eat grass right next to their own waste, and Pilobolus needs to be eaten by the cow in order to end up in a fresh cow patty and grow there. | ||
**Pilobolus is [http://www.demaravillas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Pilobolus-sp-07.jpg pretty gorgeous] for something that grows in cow dung, isn't it? The bulbs are called sporangiospheres. | **Pilobolus is [http://www.demaravillas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Pilobolus-sp-07.jpg pretty gorgeous] for something that grows in cow dung, isn't it? The bulbs are called sporangiospheres. | ||