Commonly Found North American Wildflower Turns Out To Be A Carnivore
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The western false asphodel — an herb-like plant found in abundance along North America's West Coast — has been known to science since 1879. But it is only recently that researchers from the University of British Columbia discovered the innocent-looking plant's penchant for insects. The finding is particularly exciting given that this is the first new predatory plant to be discovered in 20 years.
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- bokibaki-169720485995약 2년That’s pretty cool!!
- kainorion3년 이상One thing I learned from reading this is that they discovered this plant over 20 years ago.
thecool_kid3년 이상fun I did not know
explorer12214년 이하super cool and awesome
twelfth_night4년 이하Wow! I'm glad it won't eat us!
talkaboutbruno4년 이하WOW!!!😃 Sticky! Good thing we're like 10-20 times larger than those things!!😃 ;
da_frog4년 이하so so cool! someone should write a meme about this....perfect meme material!
pupflower4년 이하This is so interesting! This flower definitely reminds me of the Venus Flytrap. It's a very pretty flower, too. I believe everyone needs one of these in their gardens to keep some of the pesky insects out.- talkaboutbruno4년 이하Why do they call it VENUS fly trap anyway? We may never know. . .
galaxy025235123년 이상Or is it from venus
pikachu12323년 이상Venus refers to the roman love goddess- pikachu12323년 이상Etymology. The plant's common name (originally "Venus's flytrap") refers to Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The genus name, Dionaea ("daughter of Dione"), refers to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while the species name, muscipula, is Latin for both "mousetrap" and "flytrap".
draconix4년 이하I wonder what happens if a bird touches it
kannageboi4년 이하A bird is way too big to be digested and stuck to the stem. It will most likely be fine.
annieayuwoki4년 이하dont touch the flower
kamrengalking3년 이상i love flowers