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                           by many more y many more y many more
                           b b

                                     MURDEROUS URDEROUS URDEROUS
                                     M M                                                            NINJA PLANTS


                                            PLANTS thanPLANTSPLANTS



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                                              we think. . . .e thinke think




                                                What PLANTS areat PLANTS at
                                                Wh
                                                Wh                                                  SURVIVAL
                                               doing is much more doing is doing is                 AND


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                                               SOPHISTICATEDOPHISTICATEDOPHISTICATED

                                         than we ever imagined. han we ever imagined. han we ever imagined.   ADAPTATION
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              A
              Although animals are eating plants, lthough animals are eating plants,                IN THE
              PLANTS are also EATING ANIMALS.ANTS
              PL

              It’s not just a one-way street.”                                                      PLANT WORLD



                           —Mark Chase, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
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