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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- pigeonmanepic4년 이하ah plants, a world of unknown specimens, wonder what we will find next? maybe corn could be found to have a natural bug repellent, or coconuts would secretly attract and eat arthropods.
solthecat114년 이하That is WILD!
koekat4년 이하Y'll, who knew there would be a insect - eating flower?? It's still really cool.- pigeonmanepic4년 이하ever heard of a Venus Fly trap? that's a bug-eating plant
- koekat4년 이하Wow.... the flower looks so pretty, and who knew they could be carnivorous??
lola_12344년 이하I saw the Title of this post and I instenly clicked on it. I am amazed 😵
ko2914년 이하cool
iamkool1003204년 이하I live in vancouver so ...... YESSSSSS
ranboo_6944년 이하ew. flowers eating insects?!? that’s a opossums job 🤮- pigeonmanepic4년 이하also, Opossums don't eat bugs, bugs are too small to live off of.
- pigeonmanepic4년 이하They need the nutrients from bugs to live, these flowers live and grow in bad soil so they need extra help by eating bugs.
gingerwillowowl4년 이하Why would they need to do this?- pigeonmanepic4년 이하They live in areas with low Nitrogen so they eat bugs so they can get extra in their system, basically, it keeps them alive.
cute_raindrop4년 이하Cool. How did they not find out?