- are
called Mexican jumping beans. As the tiny
larvae inside curl up and
uncurl, they hit the capsule's wall with
their heads – and the bean jumps. They...
- grey-brown and dead. However, when just a
little water is present, the fern will
uncurl and reopen,
appearing to "resurrect". It has been
estimated that
these plants...
-
orchestrate spore dispersal. In
wetter weather, the "petals"
moisten and
uncurl; some even curl
backward lifting the
spore sac up. This
allows rain or animals...
-
boxes and
draping himself over
audience members ...
Certain toes will
never uncurl after this experience, but it is
almost admirable how
unaltered de Burgh...
- Parti****nts then slowly— using the
breath to
control the motion—
uncurl their upper bodies backward toward a
supinated lying down position, until...
-
because they curl up in a tight,
brown or
reddish ball
during dry times, and
uncurl and turn
green in the
presence of moisture.
Other species are
tropical forest...
-
mushroom family (Geastraceae). All of
these curl into a ball when dry and
uncurl when moistened. Bovista, a
genus of puffball, uses
essentially the same...
-
unrolling of a
tight spiral called a
crozier or
fiddlehead into fronds. This
uncurling of the leaf is
termed circinate vernation.
Leaves are
divided into two...
- [page needed] For the toes,
flexion is
curling them
downward whereas extension is
uncurling them or
raising them.
Abduction is the
motion of a
structure away from...
-
exhibit circinate vernation,
meaning the
young fronds emerge in
coils that
uncurl as they grow.
Unlike flowering plants, tree
ferns do not form new woody...
