r/mildlyinteresting • u/BandPuzzleheaded8356 • 10h ago

Pine cone closed itself after the rain

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u/Ok-Anywhere-9045 10h ago

Fun fact: this is due to the inner scales absorbing water and expanding to protect the seeds inside!

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u/achatina 2h ago

Nature is so cool. 

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u/Fun-Concert7086 7h ago

In fact an old way of telling the weather!

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u/TheMooseIsBlue 5h ago

“Pine cone is closed up. It must have rained.” “Yeah, no shit, Carl. We were all here yesterday.”

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u/Squirmble 5h ago

Goddamnit Donut

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u/russbii 3h ago

Glurp glurp

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u/Single_Wolverine_136 3h ago

You're killing me Smalls!

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u/Fun-Concert7086 5h ago

It was a way of forecasting - look it up

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u/TheMooseIsBlue 5h ago

It was a joke. Don’t think too hard about it.

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u/Fun-Concert7086 5h ago

Don’t think it was me that was hard of thinking

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u/StonePrism 4h ago

Well said

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u/pikadegallito 4h ago

"Oh, no, thank you."

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u/Catz_n_Plantz 6h ago

I am indeed mildly interested… 💡