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Uploaded by on Apr 4, 2007

A Dinosaur Plant (Anastatica hierochuntica, I think) "coming back to life" (rehydrating) after having been dormant. Time-lapse movie, speeded up 1000x.

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  • an this plant be multiplyed because my mom bought it and wants to have more so if it can please tell me how.

  • @MegaRacingking Unfortunately, I don't know. I suspect that you could take a cutting from it, but you might want to ask a botanist to be sure.

  • that looks nothing like a dinosaur >.>

  • I guess the marketing guys called it that since the species has been around since that era.

  • No it hasnt... similar plants were around at the time of dinosaurs... but this species is a modern species. The fact that 99% of Americans are illiterate in science is really depressing. All species are modern species, even horseshoe crabs, bacteria, protozoa... That is 9th grade science.

  • I admit, biology is far from my strongest subject -- but it seems a bit out of place to say that *all* species are modern. This sounds more like theology than biology to me. Genetic variations do occur, of course, but I believe some species (the coelacanth?) have remained essentially unchanged for quite some time...

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  • I don't understand. My dinosaur plant seems to have stopped growing.

    And from what I see on the youtube videos it's far from done yet. I change water every day and put it in sunlight. It haven't crawled up propherly for 3 days now. D:

  • I WANT one of these! Thay're so interesting! I wonder if keeping it growing shortens its overall lifespan, or ,aybe if letting it go dry too long/often has an effect on its overall lifespan. That would be an interesting thing to study, but seeing as humans have not perfected the art of extreme longevity themselves, I guess it's something I won't be able to find out for myself. :P I also wonder if it can be over-watered.

  • I'm confused; is this a style of fern (one of the "spikemoss" varieties), or is it a gymnosperm (relative of pine trees)?

  • ZOMBIE PLANT!!!!!!

  • @r0ck3tsm0k3 dude, corals and sea urchins have been the same for over 200m years.

  • @FlyByPC All modern species ARE modern. Life never stops changing, so species as they are today are ALL modern species, different from their predecessors from various points in natural history.

    Coelocanth is an order, not a species. There is only one remaining species within that order, and it is a far cry from the multitude of COMPLETELY SEPARATE species that existed millions of years ago.

  • @velociraptor7814 Wow, the public school system has failed. You really can't do basic multiplication?

  • how long did it take in real life?

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