The squirting cucumber on the vine.DeAgostini/Getty Images But the squirting cucumber's squirt happens faster than the blink of an eye. Thorogood snipped the stems of some cucumbers to bring intact ...

Squirting cucumber: It aims, it shoots Essentially, as the fruit ripens, fluid is pushed into the stem connecting it to the plant, which results in a stiffening and straightening of the stem.

A team has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt ... the ovoid-shaped fruits detach from the stem and eject the seeds explosively ...

When it is ripe, the squirting cucumber will detach from the stem and shoot out its seeds in a high-pressure jet of mucus. In only 30 milliseconds, it can send its seeds about 65-feet-per second.

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt ... detach from the stem and eject the seeds ...

The fluid redistribution from the fruit back into the stem, a feature thought to be unique to the squirting cucumber, was among the most significant findings. The team’s mathematical model helped them ...

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Officially called Ecballium elaterium, the squirting cucumber consists of an egg-shaped fruit attached to a long, thin stem. When ripe, the fruit detaches from the stem and ejects seeds in a ...

The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium, from the Greek 'ekballein,' meaning to throw out) is named for the ballistic method the species uses to disperse its seeds. When ripe, the ovoid-shaped ...