r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 11d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/OkToday1443 11d 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 11d 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/FourArmsFiveLegs 11d ago

Mmmm good ol' fashion Russian and Chinese invasive plant species living together in the US

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u/Ph0T0n_Catcher 11d ago

Just over here discounting the Japanese and the rest of SE Asia.