Bunch of the plants in Australia rely on bushfires to survive and reproduce.
Edit: And when I say "bushfire" I don't mean US wildfires. There's trees evolved to be extremely flammable that create huge fire fronts that start their own local extreme weather conditions and suck all the oxygen out of the air. Lightning on a storm is common enough, firenados are a thing too.
and I thought my friend accidentally using poison ivy as toilet paper was too painful to be funny. (we were on a canoe trip and he jumped off to take a shit, only he forgot the TP, so he grabbed the nearest bunch of plants. Ooops.) (it was awful.) (it only became hilarious after he didn't die.)
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 74 pts · 356d
Plants will either grow in some radioactive chernobyl concrete, or die if there's 2mm more of rainfall than usual, no in between
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
uphill. both ways, too.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 356d
Bunch of the plants in Australia rely on bushfires to survive and reproduce.
Edit: And when I say "bushfire" I don't mean US wildfires. There's trees evolved to be extremely flammable that create huge fire fronts that start their own local extreme weather conditions and suck all the oxygen out of the air. Lightning on a storm is common enough, firenados are a thing too.
Redacted@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 356d
Fun history fact, australia gave a bunch of those trees to the us as a gift and no one thought to mention that they "explode" lol
RedCarCastle@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 356d
Classic aussie larrikin stuff that is haha
oneser@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 356d
Many countries got them, I've seen them in Spain too. Eucalyptus is an absolute S grade salinity fighter pew pew
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 356d
I'm really disappointed in the fact that there's never been a carnivorous plant large enough to eat humans right now.
I was going to make a joke about it being Australian and even the plants trying to kill you.
Ah well. There's always jokes about the Quoka Mafia plotting world domination.
Melochar@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
Google the Gympie-gympie tree. It won't eat you, but it can kill you, and it will hurt the whole time you are dying!
cynar@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 356d
Given what it does, it eating you might be considered more humane! But no, is the fuck you, I just want to cause pain tree.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 356d
Hmmm.
and I thought my friend accidentally using poison ivy as toilet paper was too painful to be funny. (we were on a canoe trip and he jumped off to take a shit, only he forgot the TP, so he grabbed the nearest bunch of plants. Ooops.) (it was awful.) (it only became hilarious after he didn't die.)
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 356d
Botany can be so cool
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 356d
"Where am I from? no where in particular."
"you just blew in on the wind, huh?"
"Exactly. You get it."
thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org · 8 pts · 356d
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/27/science/peggy-martin-rose-hurricane-katrina