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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.linnean.org/news/2012/12/03/december-2012-why-is-holly-prickly

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool! So it's European holly that does this. I've never seen a non-prickly American holly leaf, tho

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's because the American is exercising its right to bear arms

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait are you saying it's because America had/has more bears still which cause the holly to be prickly or because Americans may carry guns‽

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

the latter; it was a joke about Americans fetishizing weaponry

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I have; if you don't prune them the leaves stay straight