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Chia Pet

afx

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slovak
Hi,

In 7th part of the 1th series of the Lie To Me, following conversation took place:

- Where's the Chia Pet?
- Loker?
- Yeah, that guy definitely needs a shave and haircut.
- He's monitoring the closed-circuit cameras so he can do stress analysis on the Yemenis. But I'm sure he'll appreciate the tip.

I would like to ask what kind of animal is Chia Pet?

Thanks a lot for answer.
It's a ceramic thing that one grows some sort of grass-like plant on; the grass is supposed to look like the hair of whatever it resembles. Here's one that is supposed to look like the President of the United States.

They are saying that Loker is a very hairy person.
It's a ceramic thing that one grows some sort of grass-like plant on;
The plant is chia. (Wikipedia)
Salvia hispanica, commonly known as chia, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala.
In the United States, the first substantial wave of chia seed sales came in the 1980s in the form of the Chia Pet. Chia pets are clay figures of popular icons, such as sheep or human heads, on top of which chia seeds are spread in a sticky paste. The figures are then watered and the seeds on the chia pet start to sprout in a form suggesting the figure's hair. About 500,000 chia pets a year are sold today in the US as novelties or house plants.
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