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Crawling Crop
A wheat seed burrowing into the ground. Under dry, daytime conditions, the two "awns" that project from the seed bend away from each other. Under humid, nighttime conditions, they straighten. This action pushes the seed downward. (00:25)
Video: Courtesy of Max Planck Institute, Potsdam, Germany
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