Comments on: The Hunting Strategies of Carnivorous Plants

By: SHAMIM

SHAMIM — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:15:10 +0000

AMAZING…..
AND VERY INTERESTING

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:53:42 +0000

No such thing as a partial vaccume. That would be everything that isnt a vaccume.

By: wedgehead the lover of uglys

wedgehead the lover of uglys — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:05:16 +0000

this is interesting. wage says he always wanted a sheet of flypaper(”what?” i said”isnt that what this is talking about?”he replied.).and i have been looking into aquiring (

By: Don L

Don L — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:59:58 +0000

I am thankful that they aren’t free-range plants.

By: bibli0phile

bibli0phile — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:11:45 +0000

Anyone know how hard these plants are to acquire? Are they endangered? I think that the flypaper plant would be a great thing to have around the house in the summer.

By: Tycoon Blogger

Tycoon Blogger — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:37:58 +0000

They are cool! and creepy!

Thanks. Was very interesting to read.

By: Nataly Short

Nataly Short — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:45:29 +0000

Very interesting.
I think that plants might be aware of anything that touches them, if this type of the mentioned hunting strategies was developed by choice or will.

By: Scarry

Scarry — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:01:25 +0000

Great article.Plantlife can be just as interesting as the animal kingdom

By: CP Grower

CP Grower — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:56:34 +0000

Sarracenia have multiple interior surfaces arranged in zones. The liquid inside does NOT intoxicate insects. The nectar on the exterior of S. flava has been shown to contain intoxicants.

VFT traps have 3 trigger hairs on each side of the trap.

“…and it can hunt for more prey as it digests its current catch. ”
Not with the same trap. The largest bladderwort trap is about 1/4″. It’s highly doubtful a tadpole can fit inside. Wiki has that error too.

“Unlike other carnivorous plants, which exclusively eat insects..”

Nepenthes have been found with small rodents inside. My fly traps catch small tree frogs every spring.

EDIT: this site doesn’t allow links.
Check out wikipedia or ICPS dot com for accurate info..

“Soooo are these things dangerous to humans?”
Only if the humans are cut into small pieces first. ;)

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:08:28 +0000

Soooo are these things dangerous to humans? I’m not too crazy about glue-spouting plants and whatnot.