Tuesday, February 21, 2012

wanna go grab a pitcher?


This is a pitcher plant. It's one of those crazy carnivorous plants that actually eat bugs. It has liquid in the bottom of its "pitcher" and the inside walls are very slippery. So, when a bug falls in, it gets trapped in the liquid and drowns. Over time the bug will dissolve in the liquid (sometimes with the help of bacteria or enzymes in the liquid itself) and the plant will absorb the nutrients. Not quite so "Little Shop of Horrors", but if he starts calling me Seymour, I'm out of there!

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