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  • Plants often use humans to help them proliferate, sometimes with disastrous results, as in the case of Kudzu. (Bastique, Wikimedia Commons)
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    Michelle Ross
    Just as animals are often driven to great lengths, literally and figuratively, to propagate their species, plants too are driven to reproduce. To do this, plants need to disperse their seeds, so that they have space to germinate and grow.