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chesnut-mandibled toucan

Javan cucumber seed

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How different plants store their seeds

Inspect how the shape and design of conifer seeds affect its drift and descent and dispersal

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Watch cress seeds absorb water to catalyze the metabolic activity involved in germination

Behold the germination of three pea seeds and observe how root growth is determined by gravity

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