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Mojo-Zen is the collected ramblings of zoologist and cultural explorer, Will Benson.

Saturday, 14 July 2012

The hidden world of seeds

These incredible images were taken using an SEM by Millennium Seed Bank seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy. They show some of the incredible microscopic structures that facilitate their dispersal, such as hooks to grab on to passing animals and fine hairs and air cushions to aid wind dispersal.

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