10 Strange Plants from Around the World, Each with a Bizarre Survival Skill

There are many plants in the world with special abilities. In nature, the fittest survive and the unfit are eliminated, and this saying is undoubtedly most fitting when applied to plants. Take a look at what skills the following 10 plants have evolved.

1. Welwitschia: the most drought-tolerant plant

Welwitschia is not much to look at. No matter how large this plant grows, it still has only two leaves, which is truly bizarre. It has stems and roots full of moisture. This plant looks like an alien creature from a movie. It can grow to over 2 m tall and 8 m wide, and there is no telling how long its two leaves stretch when fully extended. Its lifespan is generally between 400 and 1,500 years.

Its most notable feature is that it can survive for five years in the desert without a single drop of water. In the past, travelers liked to roast its leaves and eat them, and they had a kind of onion flavor.

2. Venus flytrap: the Venus flytrap

The Venus flytrap is the most famous carnivorous plant. Not only is it good-looking, it also has a unique hunting technique.

Its two leaves are a sweet temptation. It usually catches ants or other small insects. As soon as something touches the trigger hairs on the leaf surface, the two leaves can snap shut within one second.

3. Rafflesia: the largest flower in the world

This rare tropical plant produces the largest flower in the world. It has a very exotic look, with extremely unusual spots that are mottled with rust-like marks, as if made of copper rust.

It can grow to over 1 m wide and weighs 10 to 20 jin. Of course, you definitely would not like it, because when it blooms it gives off a strong smell of rotting flesh. It can be seen in Indonesia.

Its flower only stays open for less than 7 days. Its foul smell is meant to attract insects and is used for reproduction. It usually blooms in September.

4. Telegraph plant: the dancing plant

This plant is very bizarre. If stimulated by sound waves, its branches and leaves will sway up and down, like a dancing girl.