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The secretive world of endoparasitic plants

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Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

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A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

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The secretive world of endoparasitic plants

The secretive world of endoparasitic plants

Learn about several different species of parasitic plants.

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grape

Grape (Vitis).

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