The four most bizarre trees in the world

The chatting tree

Acacia trees can be seen all over the world. They are the most bizarre trees in Africa and Australia. One of the common tree species. They can be used to make medicinal materials, rubber or beautiful wood carvings.

The most amazing thing is that they can also chat with each other, kill animals and then eat them.

According to a professor at the University of Pretoria, acacia trees release ethylene every time an antelope eats their leaves. This ethylene can spread up to 50 yards away to warn other animals of nearby herbivores.

Once it receives this signal, the tree begins to produce large amounts of leaf tannins, which are toxic enough to be fatal to antelopes.

The professor discovered this while studying the causes of death of more than 3,000 South African antelopes.

The tree that makes laughter

In Kigali, the capital of Rwanda in eastern Africa, there is a Zhimidaranhad Botanical Garden. There is a tree in the garden that makes a sound of "Ha! Ha! Ha!" "The laughing tree. People who are new to the botanical garden are often teased by this laughter and are confused by it. They hear "Ha! Ha!" but cannot see the person making the sound.

The laughing tree is a small tree that can grow to seven or eight meters tall. It has a dark brown trunk and oval leaves.

There is a peeled fruit between each branch, shaped like a bell. There are many small ball-like pistils inside the fruit, which can roll inside the fruit. There are many small spots like holes on the shell of the fruit. Whenever the breeze blows, the pistils roll inside and they will emit " Ha! Ha!" The sound is very much like human laughter.

The laughing function of the laughing tree has been cleverly used by people. They planted it on the edge of the fields. Whenever birds fly over, they hear bursts of laughter and think it is people. It did not dare to land, thereby protecting the crops from damage.

The blood-sucking tree

In the forests of northern Afghanistan, there is a strange tree growing, which is about 2 meters high and the trunk is about 10 centimeters thick. Surprisingly, as long as it touches its leaves, it will be firmly stuck until it absorbs all the blood.

The vampire tree is found in the forests of northern Afghanistan. At that time, a joint German, French and Italian wild plant expedition team went there to inspect. When one of the team members saw this strange tree, he couldn't help but reach out and touch it. This touch almost caused death.

It turned out that his hand had been tightly sucked by the leaves. No matter how hard he struggled, it was of no avail. The leaves eroded through his skin and began to suck blood. In order to save his life, the expedition team leader had no choice but to chop him with a knife. As a result, he cut his hand.

However, this aroused the curiosity of other team members. They try to put on thick rubber gloves and explore its mysteries. Unexpectedly, the rubber gloves were also sucked and were quickly worn through. As a last resort, they had to throw away their gloves to save their lives. But after a while, even the gloves were corroded.

The mystery of this strange tree still cannot be explained.

Man-eating tree,

Man-eating willow, also known as Diancypress, mainly grows in the primeval forests of the Amazon River Basin in South America and on the island of Java in Indonesia.

The Dian cypress tree is eight or nine meters high, with many long branches hanging down to the ground. Some are like fast-breaking wires, swaying in the wind. If someone accidentally touches them, all the branches on the tree will stretch out in the same direction like devil's claws, trapping the person, and the wind will get tighter and tighter. Can't escape.

Then, the branches will secrete a highly viscous glue that can digest the captured "food". When animals stick to this liquid, they will be slowly "digested" and become trees. delicious meal.