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A young dodder only has a few days to find a host
plant before it dies. How does it do this? Experts say
it “smells” its host almost like an animal does. Dodder
plants can pick up chemicals in the air. The chemicals
signal to the dodder that a tasty plant is nearby.
A young dodder grows toward a tomato plant—
one of its favorite hosts.
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