Plants are diverse organisms living all around the globe. Lots of plants have special adaptations that help them survive and spread their seeds. For example, the “TNT tree” has fruit that literally explodes to send its seeds shooting at speeds up to 160 miles per hour. The “Corpse Lilly” has a scent reported to smell like a dead body, and it even emits heat to attract flies and pollinators. Plants like the Venus Flytrap can capture and digest flies in its own leaves for food. Lilly pads in the Amazon river can grow up to 8 feet wide and be sturdy enough to lay on! Plants can be truly remarkable and amazing!
This book was really good! Though it is a nonfiction book, which, to me, can be really boring, this book was very interesting and was full of facts I actually cared to know. The author also occasionally included a trivia question, which made the book a little more interesting. It wasn’t too technical in terms of scientific language, and was easy to understand. There were also many pictures that helped me understand what the plant actually looked like, along with descriptions. This was a great book. ( )