Plants are amazing

[itiwhetu]

We are having a dry spell on the coast and our little pond has completely dried up, but the Myriophyllum and Ludwigia don't really care, they just keep on doing their thing. The other plant that looks a bit like a crypt is actually what we call water buttercup.

 

[Rocky998]

We are having a dry spell on the coast and our little pond has completely dried up, but the Myriophyllum and Ludwigia don't really care, they just keep on doing their thing. The other plant that looks a bit like a crypt is actually what we call water buttercup.
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Those are aquatic plants out of the water!? They look beautiful! I wonder how they just adapted to terrestrial life so quickly...

 

[itiwhetu]

Those are aquatic plants out of the water!? They look beautiful! I wonder how they just adapted to terrestrial life so quickly...

Plants are cool, I have now added some to my tank so we can see them convert back to aquatic plants, just for fun.

 

[itiwhetu]

So, these are the Myriophyllum heads tonight, in the tank.

 

[itiwhetu]

This is the water buttercup, I have floated on the shelf of the tank, this plant spreads across the surface, we will see what it does

 

[itiwhetu]

Just for fun here is a bee, this is the meanest thing we have in New Zealand, apart from a wasp

 

[connorlindeman]

Just for fun here is a bee, this is the meanest thing we have in New Zealand, apart from a wasp
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my family had honey bees that we kept last summer. they aren't really mean at all! I didn't get stung once!

 

[OliveFish05]

Wow, incredible! I think that I enjoy aquatic plants more than I enjoy fish...

 

[betta4ever!]

The only thing I can say is WOWWW!! Thats amazing!!

I think that I enjoy aquatic plants more than I enjoy fish...

How could you!

 

[itiwhetu]

24 hours later

 

[itiwhetu]

5 days after the last photo, seven after being put in the tank, Growth plus roots

 

[itiwhetu]

The Myriophyllum today

 

[Uberhoust]

Just for fun here is a bee, this is the meanest thing we have in New Zealand

I was on a equipment startup in New Zealand a few years ago. I found and caught a Tree Wētā when having dinner with the mill manager and his family. They all told me that they are dangerous and poisonous, whereas I thought it was simply a strange looking grasshopper. I don't know if they are poisonous or dangerous, did not appear that way to me at the time. I had to release it away from the kids as they were determined to squash it.

 

[itiwhetu]

I was on a equipment startup in New Zealand a few years ago. I found and caught a Tree Wētā when having dinner with the mill manager and his family. They all told me that they are dangerous and poisonous, whereas I thought it was simply a strange looking grasshopper. I don't know if they are poisonous or dangerous, did not appear that way to me at the time. I had to release it away from the kids as they were determined to squash it.

One of these I assume, this is a bronze life size one we have on our wall. They are not poisonous as such, but they will bite, and the bite can get infected because of the germs they carry around.

 

[Uberhoust]

Looks pretty similar. Lots of things can bite but often do not, the Weta I found seemed pretty mellow and did not show any aggression or even a strong desire to get away, though its not like I have a load of experience with them only seeing one.