Mama Earth

The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) flower rarely blooms, but when it does, the sight—and smell—can be utterly breathtaking. This plant’s giant bloom can grow up to 9 ft (2.7 m) tall and emits a powerful perfume that resembles the stench of rotting flesh. Why? To some insects, it’s a seductive scent, luring potential pollinators toward the female parts of the flower, where they can pick up pollen and carry it off to fertilize other flowers. This spectacular display is short lived, occurring for only about three days once every two or three years.

anyways guys did you know that we lose 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil every year to erosion, runoff, pollution, rising sea levels, and degradation? and that it takes 200 years to form one centimeter of topsoil? soil is essentially a nonrenewable resource that we are losing faster than trees and we literally need it to grow all of the food we eat. without soil society would collapse and we would all die.

I don't know, I just thought this was so cool.

Yes!

The "Mistaken Identity Hypothesis" proposes that sharks have a hard time differentiating humans from their normal prey from below. They take one bite, realize we're not a seal or turtle, and swim away. However,

i am not being metaphorical, i work in a garden center, stop buying plants 'to bring in the bees and butterflies' and then immediately poisoning every caterpillar that dares to consume a single leaf