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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created using the [[User:DgbrtBOT|BOT template]]. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Explain more about parasitic plant and how fungus can help them grow. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
+ | This is the second comic in a row about presents, this one in particular calls them {{w|Christmas gift|Christmas presents}}, and it was also released on {{w|Christmas}} Day. It is thus the second [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas comic]] in a row after [[2245: Edible Arrangements]]. | ||
− | A {{w|Christmas tree}} cut down from the woods will typically be placed in a living-room soon after being cut down, and left standing there through the holiday season. On {{w|Christmas Eve}} or {{w|Christmas Day}}, or even earlier, presents are typically put beneath the tree under the lower branches. Once the tree is cut down, it will eventually start turning brown and/or losing its needles as it no longer receives any nutrients from its roots. | + | A {{w|Christmas tree}} cut down from the woods will typically be placed in a living-room soon after being cut down, and left standing there through the holiday season. On {{w|Christmas Eve}} or {{w|Christmas Day}}, or even earlier, presents are typically put beneath the tree under the lower branches. Once the tree is cut down, it will eventually start turning brown and/or losing its needles as it no longer receives any nutrients from its roots. |
− | Based on this observation (on Christmas Day) some biologist (or [[Randall]]) concludes that the presents are a type of {{w|parasitic plant}}—that is, a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirement from another living plant. | + | Based on this observation (on Christmas Day) some biologist (or [[Randall]]) concludes that the presents are a type of {{w|parasitic plant}}—that is, a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirement from another living plant. Such a plant can live in the shade beneath a tree that it parasitizes, may not need chlorophyll, and therefore may not be green. With the presents often being wrapped in bright white and red colored paper, Randall concludes that this indicates a lack of chlorophyll, thus fitting with the idea of a parasitic plant. |
− | + | With the presents being in the shade of the tree and the tree's health suffering, the evidence can only lead to the conclusion that Christmas presents are parasitic plants. | |
− | In the title text a biologist says that "The parasitism might be mediated by a fungus!" | + | In the title text a biologist says that "The parasitism might be mediated by a fungus!" The {{w|fungus}} could help the parasitic plant in its endeavor to use the normal plant for its growth.{{Citation needed}} Randall says this is just the biologist who is trying to ruin Christmas again. It is unclear if the first time was just about presents being parasitic plants, or how exactly the biologist was trying to ruin Christmas. In the alt-text, the biologist could be attempting to spray the presents with a {{w|fungicide}}, which would probably be toxic and potentially contaminate not only the wrapping paper but also the presents inside their boxes. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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[[Category:Christmas]] | [[Category:Christmas]] | ||
[[Category:Biology]] | [[Category:Biology]] | ||
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