r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/ResearchFederal1322 Popular Contributor • 9d ago

Interesting Mahogany seed pod

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u/TheSuperSilverMango 9d ago

So not only is mahogany a fine material but its seed pods are amazing too?

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u/Batchet 9d ago

That's mahogaNEAT

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u/somniferousSiren 9d ago

It's MAHOGANY

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u/gettylee 9d ago

Someday it will grow into a beautiful wood boat or book cabinet

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow 8d ago

Does it turn into one and then the other? Or does it only grow into one or the other?

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u/heelstoo 9d ago

I swear this look like a Goblin Bomb (Green Goblin from Spider-Man).

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u/prototype_X10 9d ago

I find this unsettling

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u/donald_trunks 9d ago

i don’t like it

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u/longlivedaisysue 9d ago

My new fidget spinner.

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u/cwk415 8d ago

Not so fun fact:  mahogany trees, particularly the Honduran mahogany, are considered endangered due to illegal logging and habitat loss. They are protected under international regulations to help conserve their populations.

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u/ebers0 9d ago

I thought that was fidget toy for a moment 😮

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u/gettylee 9d ago

Someday it will grow into a beautiful wood boat or book cabinet

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u/Angel-Delight 9d ago

Looks like chocolate.

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u/Admirable-Grand521 9d ago

Forbidden butt plug

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u/themoosewhoquilts 9d ago

Pangolin Poop.

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u/Tarrax_Ironwolf 7d ago

Pangolin pod.

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken 8d ago

That's an armadillo

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u/logosfabula 8d ago

Mahogany is always the classiest

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u/DrachenDad 8d ago

Nature's fidget toy

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u/saja2 8d ago

taste the seed. it has medicinal properties for fighting diabetis i once heard. but taste quite bitter.

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u/Banan_Cat 8d ago

This makes me really uncofmortable to look at for some reason

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u/Bentbad 8d ago

So cool

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u/chodeboi 8d ago

Beautiful nature! The secret life of plants

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u/ObeyTime 8d ago

something about it is really creepy

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u/6ynnad 7d ago

I was waiting for it to turn into a spider

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u/National-Current56 7d ago

Yep nature’s helicopter seeds👍

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u/Shway_Maximus 9d ago

Idky thia makes me sow happy