Lions – Tigers and Plants
Our little friends, carnivorous plants will do more than tweak the imagination, because they not only enjoy meat and tissue – it’s a must have for their daily diet. They search out swampy, boggy areas as a habitat and have a digestive system that would put most of us to shame.
They look friendly and humans are way too big to worry about being devoured by one of these little plants, but one must wonder how, why and when did they choose meat for a steady diet. Botanists are still shaking their head trying to determine how this phenomena occurred.
Some of these carnivorous plants have traps that are vats or vessels with slippery sides preventing their prey from escaping. Others are into narcotics and emit a substance that renders their prey helpless. Many have a sticky substance that attaches itself to the prey (somewhat like the mousetraps that were manufactured years ago.)
Do these little plants have predictors and survival problems? Yes is the answer, because people real human beings called plant poachers are out scouting for them. Doesn’t it seem insane that an innocent little plant with pretty flowers can’t have a little peace and quiet?
Carnivorous plants have been around for many moon and are found throughout the world. They are meat eaters, have a remarkable digestive system and each plant has developed it’s own little steel traps that have the amazing ability to nab their prey. Some of the favorites are the Venus Fly Trap, the Butterworts and Sundews, but there are approximately 500 to 600 species known to man at this time. |
What do these three have in common? We think of lions and tiger loving raw meat, in fact requiring meat as a steady diet. But few people associate plants, some only a few inches in size as meat lovers.