Rat eating plant discovered
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theboyfold said:
Looks like a mouse and a pitcher plant?The Daily Wail said:
A giant carnivorous plant that can swallow rodents whole, has been discovered by a team of scientists in The Philippines.
The botanists have named the pitcher plant after the renowned natural history expert Sir David Attenborough.
The dramatic red and green pitcher plant is reminiscent of Audrey, the man-eating plant that starred in the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors. It is so big it can catch rats as well as insects in its traps.
That little fella isn't dead, and click on the link it will tell you all about the new plant:The botanists have named the pitcher plant after the renowned natural history expert Sir David Attenborough.
The dramatic red and green pitcher plant is reminiscent of Audrey, the man-eating plant that starred in the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors. It is so big it can catch rats as well as insects in its traps.
Reading the article suggests it's not either the first or necessarily the largest, so a bit of a non-story all round, but what I would like to know is why the rat / mouse can't get out - I've seen a mouse climb up the inside of a lemonade bottle and out the hole in the top, so WTF has that plant got that a polished plastic bottle hasn't?!!
this is larger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_rajah
this is bigger:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_rajah
this is bigger:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8...
Dupont666 said:
That link is about the same plant (the Nepenthes attenboroughii), but the photo is very different to the one The Daily Wail used:Davi said:
Reading the article suggests it's not either the first or necessarily the largest, so a bit of a non-story all round, but what I would like to know is why the rat / mouse can't get out - I've seen a mouse climb up the inside of a lemonade bottle and out the hole in the top, so WTF has that plant got that a polished plastic bottle hasn't?!!
It could gnaw its way out its only a plant!theboyfold said:
Dupont666 said:
That link is about the same plant (the Nepenthes attenboroughii), but the photo is very different to the one The Daily Wail used:Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff