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Unwinding the Cucumber Tendril Mystery

Alun Salt

This video from a recent Science Friday finds a cucumber doing something truly bizarre. What happens when you grab a coiled cucumber tendril and pull it?

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This video from a recent Science Friday finds a cucumber doing something truly bizarre. What happens when you grab a coiled cucumber tendril and pull it?

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Alun Salt

Alun (he/him) is the Producer for Botany One. It's his job to keep the server running.

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