A real-life Triffid

The time of the year has come for the fern carpet to grow once more, so this plant’s started its unfurling in earnest. At this early stage, the sprouting fern resembles some strange alien life-force: with curling tentacle arms, elongated insect eyes and hooked mandibles for a mouth, it looks just like a Triffid for the 21st century.

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