A plant that cannot die
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A plant that cannot die
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#2midnightcity, who are you, may I ask?
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#3I bet in my hands I can prove the opposite
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#5https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia
> known as weeblaarkanniedood in Afrikaans
Gonna have to remember that for the next time I stub a toe or step on a Lego...
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#6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia
Contrast to the breathless headline,
> Although Welwitschia mirabilis is not at present immediately threatened, there being abundant populations over a large area, its status is far from secure; its recruitment and growth rates are low, and its range, though wide, covers only a single compact, ecologically limited and vulnerable area. The remarkable longevity of Welwitschia favours its survival of temporary periods adverse to reproduction, but it offers no protection against circumstances of direct threat, such as overgrazing and disease. Fungal infection of female cones severely reduces seed viability, reducing already inherently low recruitment. Other threats include injury from off-road vehicles, collection of wild plants and overgrazing by zebras, rhinos, and domestic animals.
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#7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwitschia
Contrast to the breathless headline, > Although Welwitschia mirabilis is not at present immediately threatened, there being abundant populations over a large area, its status is far from secure; its recruitment and growth rates are low, and its range, though wide, covers only a single compact, ecologically limited and vulnerable area. The remarkable longevity of Welwitschia favours its survival of temporary periods a…
I don't think it's a needlessly "breathless" headline. Some of the individual plants are over 2000 years old. That's incredible for a non-tree organism, particularly one that lives in the middle of the desert.
But yes, in the end the anthropocene will come for all organisms.
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#8Are we really supposed to be saying "millenniums" now, or is the Independent's editor asleep at the wheel?
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#9Are we really supposed to be saying "millenniums" now, or is the Independent's editor asleep at the wheel?
Millenniums is less common, but still valid.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millennium
>> "plural millennia\ mə- ˈle- nē- ə \ or millenniums"
Dictionaries are based on real-world usage, so a lexicographer found enough usage to print it.
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#10Are we really supposed to be saying "millenniums" now, or is the Independent's editor asleep at the wheel?
Millenniums is less common, but still valid. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millennium >> "plural millennia\ mə- ˈle- nē- ə \ or millenniums" Dictionaries are based on real-world usage, so a lexicographer found enough usage to print it.
The relevant dictionaries for an article in the UK Independent would be the OED, Collins, or Cambridge.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/millennium https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/millenn... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/millenni...