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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNCarnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger?It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...
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Boing Boing on MSNStrange friendship: The carnivorous plant that lets bats use it as a toiletDeep in the Bornean rainforest, a small woolly bat curls up for a nap inside of a carnivorous plant, designed by nature to devour insects that dare cross its path. So why isn't the bat on the menu?
Julian Shepersky created his first genetically unique carnivorous plant as a sophomore at Albany High School. Now he has several hundred plants, which he has to leave behind when he goes to college.
Carnivorous pitcher plants use a sweet-smelling nectar to lure in potential prey, which can slip on the smooth surfaces and fall into the fluid-filled tubular pitchers where they become trapped.
In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants ...
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Want a Carnivorous Plant Terrarium? Now Is the Best Time to Make One—Here's How - MSNCarnivorous plants are some of the most fascinating species in nature. Plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and others get their nutrients by catching flying insects with sticky ...
Carnivorous plants use various strategies for trapping prey. The Venus fly trap encloses a pair of its lobes around its prey when an insect triggers sensitive hairs inside the plant.
The Cape sundew and Venus flytraps are unique due to their carnivorous nature, contradicting their photosynthetic ancestry ...
Carnivorous plants have no reason to grow to horror film sizes because they are already living on adaptation’s edge, borrowing what they need from another kingdom of life as they huddle in the ...
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