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15 Interesting Facts About Nature
We adore the outdoors! We’d be stupid not to embrace nature as a company whose goal is to plant 1 billion trees by 2030. Nature may be both mind-bogglingly complex and enthralling at times. Here are 10 of our favorite mind-blowing facts about nature.
1. Acacia trees can warn each other of danger.
Arcadia trees, which can be found throughout the African savannah, feature an unusual defense system. When animals such as antelopes eat the tree’s leaves, tannin production increases to toxic levels for the animals.
That’s not all, though. The tree then generates a cloud of ethylene gas, which spreads through the air and reaches adjacent trees, causing them to produce more tannins as well.
2. Owls don’t have eyeballs.
Instead, they have something more akin to eye tubes. Owls have acquired amazing neck flexibility to be able to perceive the world around them because they can’t shift these tubes back and forth…
