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Hey kids, I had an idea again. So I performed this highly scientific study.


Introduction

U know wound adhesive spray? It's basically super glue you spray on wounds to close them and prevent germs and dirt from entering.

Theory

If we share 50% of our DNA with bananas, then I have a 50/50 chance that it can also work on plants.

To verify this highly scientific theory, I made a small experiment.

Steps to reproduce

Step 1: Choose a victim.

I chose this poor motherfucker.

Step 2: Surgery

Grab the most disgusting and dullest knife you can find, and cut a dent in it.

Step 3: Spray adhesive on the cut

(I accidentally made a carnivorous plant? Cool!)

Step 4: Wait a day

If we just would have left it as it, it would be absolutely dead by now in the summers heat.
But it isn't, surprise!

Learning

That stuff closes wounds on plants very good. I see no necrosis, despite probably hitting the vegetable artery. It's like nothing ever happened.

As a professional idiot I approve that method and will from now on use it when I'm accidentally beheading one of my beloved greens again.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk, see ya at my nobel prize award

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[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

The adhesive spray is actually quite a bit different. Mainly, it doesn't dry as fast as regular superglue, because there's a slower polymerizing agent in there. This hardening is an exothermic reaction, and gets hot. The other one is better skin compatible.