Tuesday 13 December 2011

Pitcher plants

In awe of these carnivorous plants' ability to modify it's leaves into pitchers to trap insects to obtain  the essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous from the  digested insects.It fills these pitcher of rolled leaf (modified through evolution, of course) with sweet smelling liquid to lure unsuspecting insects. How clever!


Image from listverse.com

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