California Conservation Corps Member Discovers a Parasitic Plant!

2,768 views · Published 29 May 2013 · 3:08 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: Griff Griffith · 2013 · Entertainment

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Michelle and I discovered a plant that resembles weedeater string. But we figured out that it was dodder, a parasitic plant that actually grows from the ground, detects gases put off by its prey (host) plant, grows toward that plant, climbs up it, detaches from the ground, and drinks that host plant's blood. Well, not blood really, but you get the point. Check out my website: http://www.totemmagic.com  Or my book Totem Magic: Going MAD's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TotemMagicGoingMAD?ref=hl  You wanted to see some popping? Here's some that ain't on youtube: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=471230496286895&set=vb.219790974764183&type=2&theater

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