Sledgstone
July 23rd, 2006, 10:56 AM
The other day I thought to myself.. how does a peanut grow? O_o is it like a fruit tree or are the peanuts part of the root? So I looked it up and its neither.. peanut plants grow the flowers, then lower the pod into the soil to make the peanut. O_o I find this fascinating that I've been eating peanuts my entire life but never knew how they grew..
Peanut plant:
http://www.goodearthpeanuts.com/info.htm
so then I thought, what else grows weird in nature and then I thought about jellyfish.. for part of their life cycle they grow like a plant and then spawn off multiple jellyfish. O_o
Jellyfish:
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/zencmed/targets/illus/ilt/000ed370.gif
anyone else know of any odd growing plants or wildlife that many people may not know about?
Peanut plant:
http://www.goodearthpeanuts.com/info.htm
so then I thought, what else grows weird in nature and then I thought about jellyfish.. for part of their life cycle they grow like a plant and then spawn off multiple jellyfish. O_o
Jellyfish:
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/zencmed/targets/illus/ilt/000ed370.gif
anyone else know of any odd growing plants or wildlife that many people may not know about?