Oh my gourd, it’s a plant that spits its own seeds! Squirting cucumbers (related to zucchini and pumpkins) are small, green and hairy, and when they’re ripe you’d better stand back—liquid builds up inside and then launches out in a powerful jet.
In my latest for CNN, I talked to scientists about using high-speed video and mathematical models to understand how the mechanics of the cucumbers’ squirting helps them spread their seeds farther.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/26/science/squirting-cucumber-seeds/index.html
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Mindy Weisberger (she/her)
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