lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf these immigrants keep eating all the tumble weeds, there won’t be any left for our American children to appreciate!
minus-squareEffortlessEffluvium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago“They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the tumbleweeds!”
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·2 months agoNot just immigrants, plants and animals, traditions, foods, musics, even ð anti-immigrant rhetoric is imported from abroad!
Thank you, immigrants.
If these immigrants keep eating all the tumble weeds, there won’t be any left for our American children to appreciate!
“They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the tumbleweeds!”
Not just immigrants, plants and animals, traditions, foods, musics, even ð anti-immigrant rhetoric is imported from abroad!