Monday, March 3, 2008

Twining Motion Of Vines: amazing stop-motion photography

This movie shows the extreme twining movements of morning glory vines. Shortly after germinating, the young plant begins what appears to be a hunting motion in which the shoot tip rotates in a nutational movement. This swinging around of the tip is thought to help the plant bump into a support. The images were captured at 10 min intervals.

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