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Published: 2008-06-04 21:12:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 252; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description This is a large fiddlehead of a fern we saw along a walk behind down into a cloud forest in Ecuador. It's covered in that gooey slime to protect the growing leaf from predation.


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Comments: 21

dark-metaltiger [2011-11-28 23:33:30 +0000 UTC]

WHAT IS THAT THING!

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StormPetral0509 In reply to dark-metaltiger [2011-11-29 23:05:33 +0000 UTC]

It's a giant fiddlehead (a leaf of a fern before it unravels)

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dark-metaltiger In reply to StormPetral0509 [2011-12-06 19:35:23 +0000 UTC]

...
now i get it thanks

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gee231205 [2011-09-24 14:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Really interesting thing to capture, the slime looks great protecting the growing leaf.

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Vambi [2011-04-18 17:43:41 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome! It looks like a tentacle. The slimyness is really cool!

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StormPetral0509 In reply to Vambi [2011-04-20 16:26:29 +0000 UTC]

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Amitka [2011-03-26 19:32:42 +0000 UTC]

That is so awesome, stormpetral! You always find the coolest plants & animals

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StormPetral0509 In reply to Amitka [2011-03-28 00:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I try! Though it wasn't hard, since everything in Ecuador was really cool

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Amitka In reply to StormPetral0509 [2011-03-30 22:16:11 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Helens-Serendipity [2011-03-04 19:12:27 +0000 UTC]

wow!

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StormPetral0509 In reply to Helens-Serendipity [2011-03-06 12:37:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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rmbastey [2011-02-27 14:51:47 +0000 UTC]

very cool

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StormPetral0509 In reply to rmbastey [2011-03-01 01:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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xcountthestarsX3 [2011-02-27 04:01:15 +0000 UTC]

looks like a tentacle! awesome shot!

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StormPetral0509 In reply to xcountthestarsX3 [2011-02-27 04:17:30 +0000 UTC]

It does, doesn't it? thank you!

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XpiecemealX [2010-04-14 17:06:35 +0000 UTC]

And they are delicious! Growing up in Maine we ate a lot of these.

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StormPetral0509 In reply to XpiecemealX [2010-04-14 18:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah? I've never had them... what are they like?

Though I wouldn't have wanted to eat this one... it was about 6 inches across and covered in a protective slime!

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XpiecemealX In reply to StormPetral0509 [2010-04-15 04:40:27 +0000 UTC]

They are good. Similar to pretty much every other "green" you have ate like Broccoli, and Asparagus. Ive never cooked them, only ate them lol. The slime I think washes off, or maybe you pick them after the slime falls off. I dunno.

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StormPetral0509 In reply to XpiecemealX [2010-04-15 13:12:29 +0000 UTC]

I think this type of fern was specialized to repel herbivores... keeping in mind that this one was found deep in the cloud forests of Ecuador

I will have to try our native ferns sometime though

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XpiecemealX In reply to StormPetral0509 [2010-04-15 13:16:08 +0000 UTC]

I dunno anything about Ecuador. Wish I did... I would love to travel. Kinda considering going to Laos eventually. Its pretty reasonable.

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StormPetral0509 In reply to XpiecemealX [2010-04-15 20:40:59 +0000 UTC]

Traveling almost anywhere is worth it, and Laos sounds pretty interesting. You should definitely go if you get the chance.

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