Mkodo Bush (a.k.a. "Yateveo")
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One of the deadliest plants of the Borean continent, the Mkodo Bush (a.k.a. "Yateveo") is a deadly piece of the Borean ecosystem. Discovered in 1881, one writer has said:

"The slender delicate palpi, with the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over her head, then as if instinct with demoniac intelligence fastened upon her in sudden coils round and round her neck and arms; then while her awful screams and yet more awful laughter rose wildly to be instantly strangled down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils one after another, like great green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swiftness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey."

One report by explorers in 1878, was initially discounted as a tall tale, with the description:

"The atrocious cannibal tree, that had been so inert and dead, came to sudden savage life. The slender delicate palpi, with the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over her head, then as if instinct with demoniac intelligence fastened upon her in sudden coils round and round her neck and arms; then while her awful screams and yet more awful laughter rose wildly to be instantly strangled down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils one after another, like great green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swiftness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey."

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The reality of the situation is much more benign than one would initially expect. The Mkodo bush is a type of carnivorous plant, which feeds on different insects, rodents, lizards, and other small creatures. The plant doesn't have an active offensive capability, but rather, like a bear trap, snares creatures with its many vines and thorns. Often a person trapped in these vines panics, causing the vines to tighten, similar to a bear trap. Those persons unlucky enough to witness such events have often mistaken the plant's snare, as showing aggression or intelligence. Much like the Venus flytrap, the Mkodo bush simply reacts to the environmental pressures around it. In fact many farmers on the Borean continent have harvested the plants to make local pharmaceuticals and cattle feed.

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