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Great tit 'eaten' by killer plant
BBC ^
| August 5
Posted on 08/06/2011 8:04:42 AM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
A plant has killed and "eaten" a great tit at a garden nursery in Somerset.
Nurseryman Nigel Hewitt-Cooper, from West Pennard, was inspecting his tropical garden when he discovered one of his pitcher plants had trapped the bird.
He said he was "absolutely staggered" to find it had caught the creature.
It is believed to be only the second time such a carnivorous plant has been documented eating a bird anywhere in the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: atitisabirduboob; killerplant; napl
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To: Controlling Legal Authority
It might be able to eat one of these
but it will never be able to even nibble one of these
(Pictures approximately to scale)
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:30:18 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
"Hmmm. That's an interesting looking plant. Think I'll have a look."
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:31:29 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
couldn't resist
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:32:43 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
Don't open that door! There's a great tit eating plant in there.
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:34:46 AM PDT
by
jrushing
(Anti-American-ProTerrorist-Coward-Fascist-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:42:33 AM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
To: darkwing104
I didn’t know that great tits could be found in the UK. They’re a native species, I presume?
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:51:48 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
“FEEEEEED me, Seymo’!”
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:53:55 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Controlling Legal Authority
Day of the Triffids! Day of the Triffids!
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:54:28 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: Controlling Legal Authority
I’m having a flashback to the movie “Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex”.
I used to date a British woman who would fit the profile . . .
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posted on
08/06/2011 8:59:40 AM PDT
by
LRoggy
(Peter's Son's Business)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
Next thing you know it will be eating hooters.
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posted on
08/06/2011 9:22:13 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
great titAn observation most commonly expressed in the plural.
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posted on
08/06/2011 9:42:47 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
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posted on
08/06/2011 9:48:44 AM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
To: Slings and Arrows
great tit sling ping for the not-a-ping list
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:06:12 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
Hmmmm............more than a mouthful is a waste.
(How long has it been since we've had a good booby thread on FR?)
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:46:22 AM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?)
To: Kevmo; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
I thought they came in pairs.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:48:58 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
You must be beside yourself with grief and bereavement. You have my deepest sympathy.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:56:00 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: Controlling Legal Authority
Did the other tit survive?
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posted on
08/06/2011 11:00:06 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: TheOldLady
Today the world is poorer by one tit.
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posted on
08/06/2011 11:01:09 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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