I have seen these weird looking pod things recently on my travels in Australia. They look a little alien, and when I remembered that my sister has a strange phobia of things with lots of holes in them, I had to show her one.
She didn’t appreciate that.
This phobia is actually pretty common. It is called Trypophobia and I found this article that goes into a little detail about the fear and possible reasons that we may have it.
I don’t know what this plant is but I have seen it on my walks. It does look a little strange I admit.
Have you seen it before? If anyone knows what it is I would appreciate the name. If not I will have to ask on my next round of souvenir shopping!
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Never seen anything like it before. Looks like a cross between a large pine cone and a hornet’s nest. O_O
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It looks like it could definitely be a hybrid love child of two different things!
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I think it’s what is left of an Australian Banksia flower once the petals and whatever have dropped off.
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Interesting… Thanks, I’ll take a look and see for myself. Thank you for letting me know what it could be!
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A dried pod of the Australian native Banksia flower. Author May Gibbs, a legendary Aussie children’s author, wrote and illustrated an anthropomorphic series about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and their troubles with villains the “Banksia Men” which terrified a generation, so your sister is not alone.
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Thanks!
And regarding the series, I appreciate you telling me about it, I hope I get educated on the pod more than terrified xD
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It’s definitely a banksia cone. Try and find a children’s book called Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs and you’ll find out all about the Big Bad Banksia Men. 😝
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You’re the second person to mention this here! Thanks, I’m going to have to look this book up… It sounds as intriguing as it does scary haha
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Totally weird.
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Very strange Pat… But I do like strange!
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They do look like a strange creature.
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If it wasn’t in a shop I would keep well away! It looks like it has a hundred Venus fly traps on the outside of it haha.
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Thank you!
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Thanks.
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It doesn’t freak me out on first impression, but when you start thinking about all the things that could come slithering or skittering out of those holes, well, I kinda get where you sister is coming from.
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Yeah that is another factor… what lies beneath!
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Hmmm…first sight and my hairs are standing. Shiver ran down my body…. just creep me out…
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At least my sister isn’t alone in this xD Its seems the phobia is common!
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Absolutely no idea what the plant is but I’ve heard of the phobia and I’m actually quite the opposite (which I know is even weirder) looking at the holes is really satisfying…what is wrong with me!?
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Haha I think I know what you mean, it is certainly fascinating and I think I side with it being fascinating more than scary. The brain is a weird place isn’t it?!
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glad I’m not alone hahaha and it is definitely weird!
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I have that same fobia and seeing this made me feel like something was crawling under my skin! Horrible! I still wonder what the purpose of those holes are (other than freaking someone out)
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I will have to let my sister know haha! A blogger above suggests it may be where petals or something else has dropped off it, which may be the reason 🙂
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I’ve never seen this thing before and it does look kind of strange. One of my former colleagues had a phobia about these things, like your sister. I have to say, I also feel a little unsettled looking at it, but I can cope. When we moved to China, at first I couldn’t eat lotus root because of the way it looks, but now I got over it. It’s too delicious to ignore it.
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Haha do you just close your eyes when eating it? That is the solution it seems :p I will have to look that up.
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I think it may be a dried old banksia…it is indeed a little creepy lol
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A creepy old banksia!
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Wow! I didn’t know that was actually a recognised phobia. I sort of have it too…
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It is! At least you know there is a bunch of others with it too 🙂
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Ya exactly. Feels good to know that I am not the only one. 🙂
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