You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: First Animal-Eating Plant In North America has been discovered; and It is partial to Salamanders, LOL!View the full contextjoeyarnoldvn (61)in #informationwar • 5 years ago Is this like the Venus Fly Trap?
Similar function, but it has a reservoir of digestive fluid the victim just falls into. The victim is then dissolved in the fluid. So it doesn't move like the Venus fly trap, but it is a carnivore.
:)>In other words, it is not really the first plant to do a thing like that, just a new one that takes in animals and stuff.
It is new for North America, most cousins are tropical. This one is in Canada, so it is unusually cold tolerant.
But Pitcher plants are common in rain forests, so in that type, it is known. Just not here....
:)>Wow.
Yes, moving up to where there is real snow, is a nice trick for a tropical plant! It could live anywhere south of there, and do well
:'(I did not know.
Nobody else did either. This was a real surprise, to the scientists too, LOL!
:)>