Too much a botanist

"Stranded Tuber Rescued" cried the headline on the first page of the newspaper. I wondered, what species? How did it become stranded and what does that mean for a tuber? Why was it rescued; is it rare? Turns out the tuber was a man riding an innertube down a river. Aargh!

由使用者 sedgequeen sedgequeen2023年05月31日 14:03 所貼文

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Hilarious!!! Cute! Thanks for sharing! YOu made my morning.

發佈由 twylabirdjean 超過 1 年 前

Thanks for sharing, made me laugh!

發佈由 mrodenborg 超過 1 年 前

Hah!

發佈由 team_sidhu-white 超過 1 年 前

This is a little on the nose for me ;) I was looking at the iNaturalist map for Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) yesterday - a Tuber - that will be totally underwater with plus 2 degrees. I am trying to assess what estuary-type plants are in need of saving in a sanctuary so we don’t lose them.

I’m waiting for the headline ‘Dead man’s foot found sticking out near local lilac bushes’
I’m probably one of the few who wouldn’t be clickbaited by that…

發佈由 angelique_k 超過 1 年 前

When worlds collide!

發佈由 ksayce 超過 1 年 前

:-)

發佈由 sedgequeen 超過 1 年 前

;)

發佈由 twylabirdjean 超過 1 年 前

I think I remember one where a fisherperson was "startled by a group of tubers." That gave me a laugh.

發佈由 janetwright 8 個月 前

Was the fisherperson fishing in the roots of a Douglas fir ;) ? (see Tuber oregonense or Tuber gibbosum)

發佈由 angelique_k 8 個月 前

No data. :-)

發佈由 sedgequeen 8 個月 前

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