Amazing Plant Powers : How Plants Fly, Fight, Hide, Hunt, and Change the World

This inventive introduction to the plant world combines facts about basic botany, fun with silly characters, and surprising information. Imagine if plants had superhero abilities. According to Spike E. Prickles, a TV personality who happens to be a cactus, they do--and his houseplant fans agree! From growing spines to hunting insects to surviving numbing cold and stifling heat, Spike highlights the impressive range of adaptations plants have developed.