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  • Rat-eating plant discovered in Philippines

    08/17/2009 5:55:19 AM PDT · by Schnucki · 27 replies · 1,764+ views
    Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | August 17, 2009 | Chris Irvine
    A carnivorous pitcher plant that eats rats and insects has been discovered in the Philippines and named after Sir David Attenborough. The plant is among the largest of all pitchers and is believed to be the largest meat-eating shrub, dissolving rats with acid-like enzymes. The team of botanists, led by British experts Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson, found the plant on Mount Victoria in the Philippines. They were inspired to search for the plant after word that it is existed came from two Christian missionaries who described seeing a large carnivorous pitcher in 2000 after they climbed the mountain. Mr...