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January 21, 2026 at 03:00 PM
This Plant Produces Plump, Fake Berries to Trick Birds Into Spreading Its Offspring Far and Wide
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Smithsonian Magazine
The black-bulb yam excels at mimicry, producing small clones of itself that look like the dark, shiny berries of seed-growing plants