This is neat. I’ve certainly pulled the ‘needles’ apart to see how they work. Next time I see one, I will try joining them up again.
That’s incredible! I knew some plants secreted flammable oils but flammable gas is insane!
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Giving people a twig from a yellow birch tree to chew on while they hike (in Northeastern North America) is fun for this, too.
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I don’t think anyone has mentioned handling or breaking off a chunk of a fast-staining mushroom (like these). That’s a fun attention-grabber.
If you’re near a stream, grabbing any rock and showing off the aquatic inverts clinging to it is usually good for 10 minutes of excitement.
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