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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5374860" data-attributes="member: 57383">I don't care for the first paragraph's description of how the ivy grows, and there are two typos in the following paragraph &quot;taking adavantage&quot; and &quot;trying once agains&quot;.How about:Skullcap ivy is a symbiotic plant that makes its home on the scalps of&nbsp; sentient creatures.&nbsp; It begins as a floating, wispy seed pod, borne on&nbsp; the air like dandelion fluff.&nbsp; When a seed pod lands on a humanoid head,&nbsp; it burrows into the scalp and takes root. The host organism starts losing his or her natural hair as shoots of green ivy grow from their&nbsp; head. As the plant matures, it&nbsp; spreads along the scalp, in time it completely replaces the hair with a network of ivy-like shoots with&nbsp; broad, heart-shaped leaves. Skullcap ivy kills off hair follicles in the scalp,&nbsp; so the hair does not grow back if the ivy is later&nbsp; removed.&nbsp;Skullcap ivy is an opportunistic symbiote, taking advantage of any&nbsp; chance encounter with its favorite environment:&nbsp; the scalp of an&nbsp; intelligent mammal.&nbsp; If the wind does not find it a potential host, the&nbsp; seed pod sinks roots into the soil and becomes a normal, earth-based&nbsp; plant.&nbsp; When the time comes for it to take to seed, however, it casts&nbsp; its pods to the fortunes of the wind, trying once again to find a&nbsp; suitable host.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5374860, member: 57383"] I don't care for the first paragraph's description of how the ivy grows, and there are two typos in the following paragraph "taking [B][COLOR=Red]adavantage[/COLOR][/B]" and "trying once [COLOR=Red][B]agains[/B][/COLOR]". How about: Skullcap ivy is a symbiotic plant that makes its home on the scalps of sentient creatures. It begins as a floating, wispy seed pod, borne on the air like dandelion fluff. When a seed pod lands on a humanoid head, it burrows into the scalp and takes root. The host organism starts losing his or her natural hair as shoots of green ivy grow from their head. As the plant matures, it spreads along the scalp, in time it completely replaces the hair with a network of ivy-like shoots with broad, heart-shaped leaves. Skullcap ivy kills off hair follicles in the scalp, so the hair does not grow back if the ivy is later removed. Skullcap ivy is an opportunistic symbiote, taking advantage of any chance encounter with its favorite environment: the scalp of an intelligent mammal. If the wind does not find it a potential host, the seed pod sinks roots into the soil and becomes a normal, earth-based plant. When the time comes for it to take to seed, however, it casts its pods to the fortunes of the wind, trying once again to find a suitable host. [/QUOTE]

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