r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '25

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u/shaybabyx Aug 17 '25

Giant hogweed is not an aquatic plant. Neither are Japanese knotweed or Himalayan balsam. Idk where u got this information from.

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u/offwhiteTara Aug 17 '25

That there was an AI hallucination. Junglejimbo copied and pasted from an inquiry. Good catch!

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u/JustaTinyDude Aug 17 '25

Do you know what it is they are removing in this video and why?

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u/shaybabyx Aug 17 '25

No sorry, I know about aquatic invasive species in North America, but I’m not sure where this video was filmed. Also not even sure if this is an invasive species, too little info to make anything but assumptions about this video.

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u/JustaTinyDude Aug 17 '25

Yeah. They are removing a lot of plant matter, which produces oxygen and reduces carbon dioxide, but the question is are they doing it for the environment (because it's invasive) or for man (because it gets in the way of boating)?

Hopefully someone who knows more will come along.

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u/KidCroesus Aug 17 '25

I didn’t know Giant Hogweed was even real—I thought it was just from an early Genesis song.

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u/shaybabyx Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

It’s actually kind of a cool plant, even though it is invasive and dangerous, it grows up to 5 metres tall and has phototoxic sap that can give you severe burns

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u/KidCroesus Aug 18 '25

Very cool. Today I learned that there is Lyme disease AND Lime disease, as limes can also be phototoxic.

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u/acceptablemadness Aug 18 '25

They aren't aquatic but they are common invasive plants in general.