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I read an article about a problem with poachers grabbing these weird plants in africa. Can't find the article but it was about lithops poachers.

But they were so cute, looking like weird butt-cheeks:

So I picked some up at a local flower shop when I saw them.

they seemed to be selling them legally.

I think we wouldn't do anything with exotic flora and fauna unless smuggling had happened at some time in the past, then it got grandfathered in.

on the other hand, dandilions, eucalyptus, mongooses (mongees?)