Are cycads really dinosaur plants? | Cosmos Briefing

Cycads are hardy survivors of multiple extinction events, such that they are often described as 'dinosaur plants'.
But is that true? Or are they, like the rest of us, the product of millions of years of change?
Dr James Clugston is a cycad expert from the Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney who has been in the Australian outback recording rare species.
Cosmos spoke to him about the work he and other botanists are undertaking to preserve and protect cycads from future extinction.
cycads #botany #evolution #conservation
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That was a really interesting video, as I live in the UK I don't get to see many Cycads except in botanic Gardens

[@jaysonf.huawei932]

I have a white variety but cannot find any info on it. It tends to only grow smaller branches than the green version. Anyone know what this variety is called?

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[@teenee4]

There's dinosaur DNA in our human DNA 😉

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Chicken: