31 August 2009

Coconut Split

I was in the Botanic Gardens today, and I came across this weird coconut tree:



This is quite a bizarre sight because, the way coconuts grow, I cannot imagine how such a branching out can occur naturally. My guess is that the botanists have grafted one coconut plant onto another (can you graft a coconut?), probably for scientific reasons.

Well now if pirates want to hide gold in the Botanic Gardens, that's an unmistakable landmark!

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