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measured the volume of the fruit and stem before and after dispersal, and conducted CT scans of an intact cucumber. They also monitored the fruit with time-lapse photography in the days leading up ...

The squirting cucumber can blast its seeds dozens of feet from the parent plant. The stem and fruit of the plant have been colored green in this image. | Adapted from F. Box, D.E. Moulton ...