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a plant betting its whole life savings on the kindness of dirt.
raw powerSprouts crack concrete with cells pushing relentlessly upward.
food stashLives on packed lunch sealed inside the seed.
light huntBends toward light via hormone called auxin.
ancient sproutA 2,000-year-old date seed germinated in 2005.
survival oddsMost seedlings die before reaching adulthood.