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Scientist find world’s biggest plant

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Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the world’s biggest plant!

The mega plant is a seagrass that is around 180sq/km big.

The plant was located underwater off the west coast of Australia and researchers say it would have taken more than four thousand years to grow from just a single seed.

The team of scientist found the plant by accident! They had originally set out to study the genetic diversity of what they thought was a seagrass meadow about eight hundred kilometres north of the city of Perth.

They collected shoots from the seagrass with the aim of finding out just how many plants made up the meadow.

However, they were left shocked when DNA results revealed it was one plant.

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