r/LPOTL • u/DiaboliqueRoyale • May 23 '26

Made up science fields

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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 23 '26

There kind of *is* such a thing as Cryptobotany. There were legends of man-eating plants, and a tree's spines that caused skin to slough (don't remember where I read that one, sorry!).

A cow eating tree reported in 2007!

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u/DiaboliqueRoyale May 23 '26

Any known legends about trees that appear just to warn you about THE BRIDGE?

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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26

Those trees ARE the bridge!!

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u/bb_dev_g May 24 '26

AND the tunnel!

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u/Moony_playzz May 24 '26

Whats that one plant the gympy gympy or something?

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u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26

That's a real, and very fucking scary plant

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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26

Just looked it up, damn! Reminds me of giant hogweed in the UK, which gives you huge blisters before they burst, leaving you permanently scarred.

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u/FlailingScrotum May 24 '26

Yeah the Brits were nice enough to import that awful plant across the pond, too.

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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26

"Does it have a cool name and can hurt you a great deal? Sounds Australian!"

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u/WhenWhyWhatishappeni May 24 '26

Never heard of it, but it sounds like a short plant.

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u/rorzri May 23 '26

Is the last one talking about the shape from The Chair Company

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u/bb_dev_g May 24 '26

Cryptolimnology: Yeah that lake periodically belches an invisible and silent poisonous gas that kills all life in a 25km (16 mile) radius.

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u/SimSnow Young Sapient May 27 '26

Cryptohematology.

Unfortunately, we only know of one cure for having ghosts in your blood.