The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist

Monkey Orchid

To avoid herbivorous predators, some plants have evolved to look like predators themselves. Small monkeys eat bugs that feast on flowers in the Amazon, so this particular breed of orchids evolved to look like the monkeys that eat the bugs. 

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