Why tumbleweeds tumble

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/09/why-tumbleweeds-tumble.html

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Why do tumbleweeds tumble though?

Wind.

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What kind of plant is it before it’s a tumbleweed, though?

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ascendweed.

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A… static… weed?

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Russian thistle.

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Russian thistle.

(it’s an invasive weed)

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A Senator.

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That is a scientific fact.

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To get to the other side, duh!

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I believe these are the tumbling tumbleweeds you’re looking for:

…though these fellows were my introduction to the song:

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Thank you, you wonderful human.

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OK - but why do they hurl themselves in front of cars?

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I live in Phoenix, and I am deathly allergic to these damn things. I miss a lot of spring activities. I even had to carry an epipen in high school, and went to the hospital once for anaphylaxis.

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Right back at you!

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Also the preferred public transportation of mice…

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Incidentally, here are Bob Nolan’s original lyrics. You might notice something interesting.

A year after the Sons of the Pioneers/Roy Rogers success, Gene Autry made the movie Tumbling Tumbleweeds. It was partly filmed in Victorville.

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They voted for Trump?