Felonious Penguins, Shantytowns, and some plants from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

In this video we explore the plants growing (and flowering) on the Cape Peninsula just South of Cape Town, South Africa during the Southern Hemisphere spring in September 2021. Why does Adenandra uniflora, a member of the citrus family, produce sterile stamens with beads of oil in its flowers? What the hell is that enormous sedge that almost resembles a bromeliad? What effect have the extremely violent cape penguins had on the ubiquitousness of razor wire and security systems in the Cape region?

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