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This is the single biggest curiosity of mine since childhood.

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[โ€“] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In his 1955 book, Salamanders and other Wonders, science author Willy Ley determined that the Mkodo tribe, Carl Liche, and the Madagascar man-eating tree all appeared to be fabrications: "The facts are pretty clear by now. Of course the man eating tree does not exist. There is no such tribe."

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[โ€“] moreeni@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

"man-eating" I thought that OP was asking if men eating plants was normal

[โ€“] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well I think we can safely assume there must be at least one vegetarian there

[โ€“] zero_iq@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard a rumor that even non-vegetarians can eat salad.

No, but there should be.

The whomping willow has more truth to it than that.

I wish, but no. I thought the same thing as a kid, was such a wild idea.