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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- pigeonmanepic약 4년ah 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.
solthecat11약 4년That is WILD!
koekat약 4년Y'll, who knew there would be a insect - eating flower?? It's still really cool.- pigeonmanepic약 4년ever heard of a Venus Fly trap? that's a bug-eating plant
- koekat약 4년Wow.... the flower looks so pretty, and who knew they could be carnivorous??
lola_1234약 4년I saw the Title of this post and I instenly clicked on it. I am amazed 😵
ko291약 4년cool
iamkool100320약 4년I live in vancouver so ...... YESSSSSS
ranboo_694약 4년ew. flowers eating insects?!? that’s a opossums job 🤮- pigeonmanepic약 4년also, Opossums don't eat bugs, bugs are too small to live off of.
- pigeonmanepic약 4년They need the nutrients from bugs to live, these flowers live and grow in bad soil so they need extra help by eating bugs.
gingerwillowowl약 4년Why would they need to do this?- pigeonmanepic약 4년They live in areas with low Nitrogen so they eat bugs so they can get extra in their system, basically, it keeps them alive.
cute_raindrop약 4년Cool. How did they not find out?