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Warning over watermelon-sized pine cones (abc.net.au)
5 points by voodoochilo on March 2, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


haha i saw this earlier today, intense! Not going to lie...Australia has a bunch of unusual plants and animals, but 10kg pine cones is a new thing to me. I would love to understand why these are so big, from a botanical point of view.

When i was a kid growing up in NSW, Australia i once got a massive thorn from a tree stuck in my arm...the trees in Australia are out to get you. LOOK OUT!


...quite a continent:)




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