They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...
Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found ...
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Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study findsSquirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.
Squirting cucumber uses high-pressure seed ejection for dispersal, with seeds reaching speeds of 20m/s and landing up to 10m ...
The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...
The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...
"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...
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