As a child, I thought Neptune was the coolest fucking planet ever. It was blue. A gas giant. Didn’t have a ridiculous “your anus” type name, and had some crazy facts such as having winds almost twice the speed of sound, an atmosphere full of ice and frozen methane. I’ll leave the rest to the wiki article

Today, I still think Neptune is the coolest celestial body in the solar system. Young sodi had the right idea.

What’s your favorite celestial body? Can be outside the solar system. No rules on this. Except for choosing Sagittarius A. Fuck Sagittarius A.

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  • scrungus [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    My fun fact: the only place on Earth where Venus flytraps grow is a small swampy area along the coast of North Carolina, USA. Like within about a ninety mile radius or so. Every time they’re shown in documentaries they never mention it and always intimate that they’re from somewhere more exotic and interesting. Also they are nearly impossible to grow from seed outside of their natural environment, so like 99% of the ones for sale anywhere on Earth have been illegally poached.

    • Eco [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      16 days ago

      they’re actually really easy to propagate from cuttings - the rampant poaching really confuses me honestly because of that fact. also they don’t sell for very much money either

        • Eco [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          15 days ago

          i mean you’re not wrong about the poaching, it still happens at a massive rate - the low cost per plant just means the poachers are working in bulk now. i just would imagine/hope that most reputable nursery specimens nowadays are cuttings or tissue culture.

          • scrungus [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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            15 days ago

            like 99% of the ones for sale anywhere on Earth have been illegally poached.

            This is what I meant I needed to fact check because

            i just would imagine/hope that most reputable nursery specimens nowadays are cuttings or tissue culture.

            I feel like you have to be right about that. I do know that the amount of poaching decreased after the penalty for doing so was made more severe a few years ago as well