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We used to huck 'em at each other when I was a kid, novel strategy but it might work...
by evan_ 4y ago
We used to huck 'em at each other when I was a kid, novel strategy but it might work...
- elihu 4y agoI'm not from Texas, but in Oregon we have a plant, the wild cucumber, that served in the same ecological niche, being a fruit whose sole purpose seems to be furnishing children with satisfying projectiles. The wild cucumber is shaped like a hand grenade, and splatters a glue-like substance on the target. Someone in another comment speculated on whether it's possible for some fruit to evolve to propagate its seeds across the landscape by tornado. I suppose it might also be possible for a plant to evolve to present passers-by an irresistible temptation to throw it at someone.
- evan_ 4y agoI'm not from Texas either, but there were a few trees in southern Illinois where I grew up. I live in Oregon now though and my kids love throwing horsetail shoots at each other like spears, which I imagine does a great job distributing its unique spores.