@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-square55fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoIf these immigrants keep eating all the tumble weeds, there won’t be any left for our American children to appreciate!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months ago“They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the tumbleweeds!”
If these immigrants keep eating all the tumble weeds, there won’t be any left for our American children to appreciate!
“They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the tumbleweeds!”