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Step into the heart of the desert, where nature crafts its strangest survivors, from bizarre living fossils to water-storing wonders. Behold the ancient welwitschia, a living fossil from the Namib Desert with two continuously growing leaves that provide cool shade and can persist for thousands of years. Marvel at the living stones, succulent plants so cleverly camouflaged as pebbles that they vanish into their rocky surroundings. Witness the peculiar bottle tree, with its swollen trunk that stores essential moisture, proudly thriving as a resilient xerophyte in arid landscapes. Join us as we explore these extraordinary survivors and other xerophyte oddities that transform barren deserts into realms of wonder.
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