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Giant 'meat-eating' plant found
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| 11 August 2009
| Matt Walker
Posted on 08/11/2009 8:19:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been discovered in the highlands of the central Philippines. The pitcher plant is among the largest of all pitchers and is so big that it can catch rats and well as insects in its leafy trap.
During the same expedition, botanists also came across strange pink ferns and blue mushrooms they could not identify. The botanists have named the pitcher plant after British natural history broadcaster David Attenborough.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Outdoors; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; godsgravesglyphs; plant
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Nepenthes attenboroughi
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:21:04 AM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: theFIRMbss
To: JoeProBono
Wow, thanks! Doesn’t anyone else notice the slight resemblance to T-Rex? :)
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:21:44 AM PDT
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ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:23:57 AM PDT
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Dumpster Baby
(Bacon,smokless powder,and boobs are proof that God loves us.)
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:24:06 AM PDT
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mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: cripplecreek
Feed me SeymourDang! Beat me to it again.
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08/11/2009 8:24:15 AM PDT
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Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: theFIRMbss
Monica was a typical liberal, right?
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08/11/2009 8:24:15 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(Liberal paid protesters ...http://209.157.64.200/focus/news/2310139/replies?c=22)
To: JoeProBono
“If you’ve eaten the BLUE MUSHROOMS, go to the medical tent, NOW!” < /Woodstock >
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08/11/2009 8:28:50 AM PDT
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JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:29:11 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:29:43 AM PDT
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sr4402
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:36:59 AM PDT
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Hoosier-Daddy
("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: Daffynition
Speaking of ladies with brooms
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:43:47 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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posted on
08/11/2009 8:58:00 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: JoeProBono
PETA = Plants Eating Tasty Animals
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08/11/2009 9:52:31 AM PDT
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Free Vulcan
(Resident Obama: Not a President, not a Citizen, living here but from somewhere else...)
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08/11/2009 6:34:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
Aband
n
Hpe
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posted on
08/11/2009 6:52:07 PM PDT
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null and void
(We are now in day 202 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: SunkenCiv; JoeProBono; null and void
Did they sat pitcher plant? We have lots of those.
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08/12/2009 1:39:34 AM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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