Tuesday, August 18, 2009

One species devouring another

One species, attracting & devouring another, happens all the time (humans eat plants and animals). But there is something strangely perverse in a plant devouring a rodent, because generally plants produce their own food. The apparent transgressive act of a plant using flesh eating enzymes to break down the body of the rat that has wandered into its domain appeals to me on some level!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6799283.ece

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