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Camel Crickets and the Dust Seeds of Parasitic Plants

Camel Crickets and the Dust Seeds of Parasitic Plants

A common way for plants to disperse their seeds is to entice animals to eat their seed-bearing fruits – a strategy known as endozoochory. Undigested seeds have the potential to travel long distances in the belly of an animal, and when they are finally deposited, a bit of fertilizer joins them. Discussions surrounding this method of seed dispersal usually have birds and mammals playing the…

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A #nut is a fruit composed of an inedible hard shell and a seed, which is generally edible. In general usage, a #widevariety of #driedseeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the #seed (#indehiscent).