South African Plant Carries a Reputation; Legend Calls the Welwitschia a 'Man-Eater'

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The movie "Jumanji" popular a few years back, caused terror - more so from the rhinoceroses charging through the living room and the crazed, great white hunter than from the bizarre plant that kept threatening Robin Williams.

After all, rhinoceroses and great white hunters, even crazy ones, are real enough, but that plant surely had to be no more than a moviemakers fantasy. In fact, though, that odd-looking plant bore an eerily strong resemblance to a real plant.

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South African Plant Carries a Reputation; Legend Calls the Welwitschia a 'Man-Eater'

No need to stray too far from botanical accuracy to make a welwitschia plant bizarre enough for a...

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