This nature study about really weird plants just might blow your mind. There are some amazingly outrageous plants around the world!
From plants that look like they came straight out of a scary movie to plants that actually eat animals, there are hundreds of plants you could study during a weird plants nature study. In this podcast episode, you’ll learn about two: the black bat flower and the sandbox tree.
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Really Weird Plants Nature Study
The unique names of many strange plants are given to them to describe what they actually look like. That’s definitely the case for the black bat flower. As you listen to the podcast episode, you’ll hear all about the parts of the flower that look very much like bat wings. And, you’ll be surprised to know that these beautiful, black flowers also happen to look a little like cats, too!
As for the sandbox tree, it didn’t get its name because of the way it looks. Instead, the name comes from one of its uses in the olden days. The fruit of this spiky, poisonous tree was once used as a little bowl to hold sand for blotting ink from old-fashioned pens that required dipping into ink.
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