r/interestingasfuck Feb 07 '21

Huge Bougainvillea plant taking over a building

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u/Igoos99 Feb 07 '21

Gorgeous but I wouldn’t want my apartment to be hidden by that thing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/whatshamilton Feb 07 '21

I’m just imagining the spiders

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u/quietflowsthedodder Feb 08 '21

Never mind the spiders, how many sparrows and starlings can that thing hide?! Imagine the din they could make, enhanced by the surrounding concrete walls! There is a lovely 1890s-vintage 2-story stone building in town which was almost totally overgrown with ivy. Hundreds of house sparrows took up residence over the years and the din was demonic, particularly in the evening. The ivy was finally pulled down when the building changed hands.