Fantastic Flora: The World’s Biggest, Baddest, and Smelliest Plants

Fantastic Flora: The World’s Biggest, Baddest, and Smelliest Plants — page 5
Introduction Rumble It's the sound of your stomach begging for food You might wander into the kitchen to grab a snack Brrr It's your body shivering when the temperature drops Maybe you snuggle into a sweater But what about plants When the going gets tough plants don't have the same options as us humans They need a savvy way to survive in all kinds of conditions Limited nutrients The coldest cold the driest dry Cracks in sidewalks Murky water or a moderate fire Pests that want to eat them to death When plants face a problem it's not like they can run away or pack up and move somewhere else That's why plants thrive using brilliant and bizarre adaptations They use these features to help them succeed no matter what the environment throws at them Some have thorns to discourage hungry predators Others