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hairy purslane
What is purslane?
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil
Do Plants Feel Pain?
Flower bingo
Britannica’s Flower Bingo
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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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What is purslane?
Overview of purslane.
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hairy purslane
Hairy purslane (Portulaca villosa).
Eric Guinther
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
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