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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
So Audrey... how was Luzon?
Creepy. Fascinating! But creepy. Plants shouldn’t eat anything as large as rats.
The newly discovered giant pitcher
(Nepenthes attenboroughii)
I better bring my flamethrower when I retire there.
LOL.. So far , they have left the fruit alone ,,, my slingshot is still on hot standby.. maybe adding some peanuts to the pitcher plant,, ya never know.. it seems more compassionate than,, thhwack!
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