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certain species of wild oats are able to walk. They have a pair of legs called awns which flex and make the seeds crawl around, to find an ideal place to plant itself.

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Fun Fact: certain species of wild oats are able to walk. They have a pair of ‘legs’ called awns which flex and make the seeds crawl around, to find an ideal place to plant itself.

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