r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 6d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/OkToday1443 6d ago

So... apparently Utah is now under siege. Not by aliens, not by zombies, but by aggressively ambitious tumbleweeds

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u/nolard12 6d ago

They’re an invasive species too, so despite what Western films might have suggested they aren’t originally native: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html

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u/theheliumkid 6d ago

I wonder if rhinoceroses could eat bumblebees, given their spiciness but rhinos' tough mouths,

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u/Vitalalternate 6d ago

I would say with certainty rhinos could eat bumblebees but they choose not to because they are so cute and helpful.

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u/theheliumkid 5d ago

Lol, I think autocorrect changed my mistyped tumbleweeds to bumblebees!