When it is ripe, the squirting cucumber will detach from the stem and shoot out its seeds in a high-pressure jet of mucus. In only 30 milliseconds , it can send its seeds about 65-feet-per second.

Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found the secret to how the plants do it. CNN values your feedback 1.

The seeds of a squirting cucumber can reach distances of about 33 feet away from the mother plant. - Dominic Vella. Recently, researchers blew this ballistic mystery wide open.

Cucumber seeds have been found to be rich in nutrients and peptides that enhance calcium absorption, thus improving bone health. Particularly beneficial for postmenopausal women, they offer a ...

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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An odd little gourd called the squirting cucumber has an explosive reproductive strategy that has intrigued naturalists since the days of the Roman Empire ...