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For bamboo you see the fast part, but not the slow part. The shoots are prepared over a number of months where all the nodes are made underground. Then when it
by Cerium 6y ago
For bamboo you see the fast part, but not the slow part. The shoots are prepared over a number of months where all the nodes are made underground. Then when it is ready the space between the nodes is added causing the very fast telescoping action.
- warent 6y agoYour description makes bamboo sound like some kind of fascinating alien technology/ organism, I love it.
- zinekeller 6y agoJapan agrees! (or at least their folktale story does) [1] 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutte...