Scientists told about African suukulente which they call "children's buttocks"

Gibbaeum Heathii — is a rare species of succulents which is endemic for a valley in South Africa, surrounded with mountains and being characterized a low amount of precipitation. This feature of climate allows to exist to numerous succulent types, and Gibbaeum Heathii which is also known as "a children's bum" or "bababoutjies", is one of them. Photo: Alamy Despite the amusing name which is translated as "a bottom of the child", this small succulent bush growing in an extensive valley, surrounded with mountains, represents interesting object of studying. Its height makes only 2,4...