Dinosaur Plant

By , January 19, 2012

Science is cool. It’s even cooler when it gets together with technology to create a time lapse. Case in point, the Dinosaur Plant! The plant comes all curled up and dry. This is what happens when you add water to hydrate it:

Pretty neat, right? They can “sleep” for 50 years without dying. Turns out they lived during dinosaur times and used to grow up to 150 feet tall. Now they are little, and dry up to be able to tumble around until they find puddles. Fascinating stuff nature!

2 Responses to “Dinosaur Plant”

  1. How cool is that?! I used to love those towels that were the size of a tiny tshirt until you got it wet. This reminds me of those!

    • Aimee says:

      I love those towels too! We are going to do another time lapse of a snowflake that “grows” in water (I have even seen some funny things like “grow a boyfriend” and stuff like that). This was just so much fun because it is a plant! :)

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