We all know the animal kingdom is incredibly violent — but what about plants? The world of plant life can be just as intense and violent, in its own way. Just check out these eye-popping videos, vines and other illustrations of plants spreading their seeds in an explosive, insane fashion.
Violets
Touch-me-nots
Pilobolus, a genus of fungi launching its sporangium with an extremely large acceleration: 0 to 12.5 mph (0 to 20 kmh) in 2 µs (over 20,000 G, equivalent to a human being launched at 100 times the speed of sound)
Albizzias
Squirting cucumbers
Samara, a type of fruit which enables the wind to carry the seed farther away than regular seeds, on sycamore trees, elms, maples, bushwillows and ashes, among others
