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Botanist Finds a Rat Eating Plant

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  • Botanist Finds a Rat Eating Plant

    Botanists believe they have discovered one of the world's largest carnivorous plants in Southeast Asia.


    LONDON, England (CNN) -- Botanists believe they have discovered one of the world's largest carnivorous plants in Southeast Asia.
    Nepenthes northiana - the carnivorous pitcher plant prepares to tuck into a rat.
    The giant pitcher plants were located in Palawan, central Philippines by a team led by UK botanist Stewart McPherson.
    The second largest species, now called Nepenthes attenboroughii has been named in honor of the UK's world-renowned natural history presenter Sir David Attenborough.
    The new discovery measures about 30 centimeters in diameter and are formed in the shape of a large cup, which McPherson says is full of water and acidic enzymes.
    Prey is attracted by a sweet-scented nectar and once captured in the cup is prevented from escaping by the slippery, waxy leaves and, as a consequence, drowns.
    McPherson discovered over 20 new varieties of pitcher plant on the trip and made two rediscoveries.
    Nepenthes deaniana was first discovered in 1907 but was subsequently lost when the Philippine National Herbarium in Manila was bombed towards the end of World War II.
    McPherson and his team believe they have located the plant in the wild for the first time in over a hundred years.
    The Nepenthes deaniana produces a spectacular, football-sized, red pitchers that are large enough to catch insects and small animals.
    In many of the traps, the botanists found giant centipedes and 10 centimeter-long spiders.
    The Botanical Society of America says that there are around 600 species of pitcher plants. Most familiar, perhaps, is the Venus Flytrap. But bigger species like the Nepenthes attenboroughii and the Nepenthes northaina are able to capture animals as large as rats, as can be clearly seen in the picture above.

    Very awesome

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    Re: Botanist Finds a Rat Eating Plant

    Though rats are not my favourite whatsoever; but I felt sorry with the frightful eyes rat who was caught by the plant to be gobbled gobbled.

    You know Karoth, I have seen on Discovery Channel similar incidences and also some type of octapuses to do it beneath the deep end of the seas and oceans.

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      Re: Botanist Finds a Rat Eating Plant

      There are a lot of scary and dangerous things in the nature little insects that can kill you and in the deep sea very beautiful and dangerous beasts. And I love learning about animals it's very great to read about them.

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        Re: Botanist Finds a Rat Eating Plant

        Originally posted by KarotheGreat View Post
        There are a lot of scary and dangerous things in the nature little insects that can kill you and in the deep sea very beautiful and dangerous beasts. And I love learning about animals it's very great to read about them.
        Yeah I know we love to learn also - my daughter and I. The most dangerous animals, insects in nature are mostly in Australia like small snakes that can kill you. For instance, the box jelley fish is a killer and it would go to your heart, unless you get help very soon. As a matter of fact there are even certain small types of jelley fishes that can be killers too.
        Last edited by Anoush; 08-23-2009, 02:19 PM.

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