Some plants disperse their seeds by exploding seed pods. Angela Hay and her colleagues explain how it happens. Check out the paper at: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S00....
Hugo Hofhuis, Derek Moulton, Thomas Lessinnes, Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska, Richard J. Bomphrey, Gabriella Mosca, Hagen Reinhardt, Penny Sarchet, Xiangchao Gan, Miltos Tsiantis, Yiannis Ventikos, Simon Walker, Alain Goriely, Richard Smith, and Angela Hay (2016). Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal. Cell 165.
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