Seed pods!!!

For those of you who know little about seed pods, let me just explain that often on plants, the fruits will turn into seed pods. Think about those giant brown things that fall off of Locust trees. Those are seed pods. In a way, fruits are also seed pods, but just seed pods that come with something delicious to entice animals to eat them and spread their seeds with special fertilizer (i.e. feces). Both of these pictures are seed pods lacking fruits... the top image spreads seeds because the pods dry, and the seeds fall out and are scattered onto the surrounding ground. I thought that these were exceptionally beautiful... their amazing jet black color is extraordinary!

This one was a real amazing surprise. I was picking a seed pod to show Tilen, and I accidentally touched the top part of this one here- to which the seeds were literally shot out as the pod coiled.

Oh nature.
I love you.