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Survival Techniques
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It is thought that the giant sequoia could last forever were it not for the fact that its wood is so brittle it eventually cracks and falls.
The birthwort flower looks like meat and smells like rotting fish, which makes it attractive to flies that help to pollinate it.
The foxglove and other plants produce poisons to prevent insects and other animals from eating them.
The wild hairy potato protects itself from aphids by producing a substance that imitates their alarm scent.
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Book:
Horrible but True
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Section:
Natural World
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Chapter:
Weird Plants
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