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Free Online Talk · Super Natural: Plants Behaving Weirdly with Sandy Masuo of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

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Once upon a time, "weird" referred to the supernatural—anything eerie, fantastic, or mysterious. Today, it still connotes the unconventional. Plants are conventionally perceived as passive organisms that serve human culture by being decorative and/or productive. But nature is rife with weird plants that defy this concept. Some upend the natural order by eating animals. Others are parasites or produce treacherous narcotics. Meet some botanical rebels that demonstrate all plants are wonderfully weird!