{"id":1605,"date":"2024-03-15T05:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T22:01:54","slug":"pretty-tricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/pretty-tricky\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Tricky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive<\/em>
\nby Etta Kaner (Author) and Ashley Barron (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a>* | Bookshop<\/a>*<\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Discover the tricky techniques some plants use to defend themselves, reproduce, or acquire food. From the copycat Boquila vine that changes shape to match its host plant, to the pungent carrion flower that lures pollinating flies with the scent of rotten meat, plants across the globe have adapted to survive all kinds of threatening fauna. <\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive by Etta Kaner (Author) and Ashley Barron (Illustrator) @ Amazon* | Bookshop* Booktalk: Discover the tricky techniques some plants use to defend themselves, reproduce, or acquire food. From the copycat Boquila vine that changes shape to match its host plant, to the pungent carrion flower that lures pollinating … <\/p>\n

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