I was hiking the other day and there was no wind while taking this video. I actually had my phone out in the first place because all sounds suddenly went silent, so I took a 360 video of my surroundings incase anything happened (zero serivice). Then a couple steps later i saw this fern going wild and it slowed down a bit when i started recording but it was the funniest thing. I saw a couple other ferns along the way do this but it probably couldve been explained by an animal or some kind of spore dispersal? Just curious because this was unusual and i hike everyday lol
by no_name_maddox
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It’s saying Hi!
I think that is the wind. Just a little bit. Ain’t no thing as no wind.
Fae trap
it’s wind, because of the amount of leaves they have, it makes them change direction easily. the displacement of air from each single leaf when the wind hits makes it more dramatic
It’s a black hole go for it
turgor pressure most likely
in the wild, ferns are feral and that’s part of their hunting behaviour
Even a tiny breeze blowing across that large flat surface is enough to set off resonance.
I doubt its specific to wild ferns and know everyones saying wind but the OP said there was none so im gonna go with the others saying turgor pressure.
From growth of course but also bc of how it reproduces. On the bottom of the leaves are it gamete sacs called Sporangia. These enclosures found in plants and fungi that produce and contain spores. Fun fact, their spores have flagella for motility like sperm!
There is a scientific reason but I like to think they are waving hello 👋
It’s just a slight breeze doing that, nothing special going on.
it’s aero dynamic
that’s the “go away” Italian gesture
They just waving, saying howdy!
If you have a lighter see if the flame moves if the flame doesn’t move then there isn’t enough wind to cause the plant to move like that
Could be a vole eating at the roots. But wind makes more sense
I mean did you at least wave back?
Ferns’ shape catches the wind easily; this helps them disperse their spores.
There’s a Korok seed there.
They just want attention.
There’s a korok near by
I know a mimic when I see one….
Possibly a spider weave above this and a bug got caught?
It is an oscillating wave. The wind blows past the fern leaves, the channel is open for a moment, then the equal-opposite reaction of the stem swinging back to its original position restarts the cycle
https://preview.redd.it/l78b06ylyowf1.png?width=371&format=png&auto=webp&s=0c31f11481d081f0b2b3affceab9d6ebe13e7b85
Uuu discoo