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Do venus fly traps need flies to survive?
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Asked by Joshwa
on 2011-01-24 15:42:50

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: flies, PlantScience, Venusflytrap.

Do or can plants die suddenly like humans? Alive one minute then dead the next? Obviously if they fall in a fire they will die suddenly, but just sat in the ground minding their own business can they suddenly die?
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Asked by KaterinaChristoforou
on 2010-10-19 00:24:36

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Categories: Planet Earth.

Tags: PlantScience.

Why, even though all the requirements are present, do tomato seeds not germinate while inside the fruit?
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Asked by Lauren27
on 2010-10-05 20:44:55

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: plants, environment, PlantScience.

Why do some plants such as carrots, parsnips and sugar beet (biennials) store food one year and fruit the next ? The energy to make the food store could go directly to making fruit or seeds. Then there would be twice as many reproductions. The same question applies to potatoes.
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Asked by stephenf
on 2010-06-24 18:14:23

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: PlantScience, biennial.

What is this; found at waters edge, low tide February, Thornham Norfolk UK? It was about 300 mm long. One shot shows it cut open. If it is a plant, it was not obvious which was the attached end.
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Asked by MarkS
on 2010-03-22 16:10:01

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Last edited on: 2010-06-27 14:18:47

Categories: Plants.

Tags: animals, sea, PlantScience.

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