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Calavera Seedpod

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This is the mobile fruit of the caver calavera, a red plant native to Pandaros, Ilion. They grow primarily in scrublands that are dotted with caves, but they are found other areas as well.
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Taxa Notes – Calavera Seedpod

Normally wind facilitates seed dispersal, but here, where a stiff breeze almost always blows from the east, the plants have to get creative if they want to cast their spawn in any other direction. One such strategy is to encase the seed in a floating pod capable of steering itself against the current. The mobile fruiting bodies of some Ilian red plants are not strong enough to resist the high winds on most days, so they must take refuge in caves while the gusty conditions persist, and only leave their shelter when the winds calm down. Their animal-like characteristics allow them to migrate upwind, closer to the sun, where they will settle, germinate, and thrive.
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I thought it was an alien baby concept, what fun that its a real thing :]