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Plant shaming should be a thing (lemmy.world)

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[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Immediately I was like “how does a plant like that sting you”. I’m a bit of a slow child, although I get it now.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I still don't. The fire ants stung him?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Yes.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

You touch the hairs inside it and it closes trapping prey. But it's not "a sting", not even close, so I dunno what this is about

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

The ants

this post was submitted on 24 May 2025

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