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You probably know Baby Groot, the most adorable baby made of bark ever dreamed up by all of humanity.
Not a tight race, but Baby Groot would flat-out crush any competition (if there actually was any). Just look at him.
The cute little tree thing has a mysterious side too.
When James Gunn revealed that the original Groot sacrificed his life in the first Guardians of the Galaxy film and that Baby Groot was his son, people just didn't get how that would work, and the debate still rages as to whether he is a 'son' of Groot or just Groot living on.
The internet is like Groundhog Day every time I point out first Groot died. Baby Groot has a different personality,… https://t.co/8qXDufcjh6— James Gunn (@James Gunn) 1519767293
Botanist James Wong stepped into save the day with science.
THE BIOLOGY OF BABY GROOT. ⬇️ Baby groot is created from a cutting of Groot, an ambulant alien plant who dies at t… https://t.co/qhDZ1g4UT3— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525684987
Turns out that Baby Groot is Big Groot. Genetically, anyway. In some way, Big Groot lives on.
Baby Groot is the result of a form of asexual reproduction known as vegetative propagation. Plants, unlike most a… https://t.co/MlHxhTikvx— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525686274
‘Son’s’ tend to only share 1/2 their DNA with their parents. So this analogy is tricky. Genetically they are one an… https://t.co/KPJdk6vN8h— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525686309
If it was indeed pollen in that scene, it would suggest there is a mysterious ‘Lady Groot’ character we have so far… https://t.co/heLQQFTYsL— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525686724
And finally, as we now know even Earth plants can process complex information about the world around them & retain… https://t.co/vR54jJze6G— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525687023
And if you are cross about this thread proposing a speculative hypothesis about fictional, alien exobiology.... Co… https://t.co/LabVbqr1lN— James Wong (@James Wong) 1525687284
But in some ways, aren't we all Groot?
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