Carnivorous plants use pitchers of 'slimy saliva' to catch their prey

Time November 20, 2007 - 5:00am Link Carnivorous plants use pitchers of 'slimy saliva' to catch their prey Description Carnivorous plants supplement the meager diet available from the nutrient-poor soils in which they grow by trapping and digesting insects and other small arthropods. Pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes were thought to capture their prey with a simple passive trap but in a paper in this week's PLoS ONE, French researchers show that they employ slimy secretions to doom their victims. Source AAAS Science News Email to friendBookmark thisPrint version » login or register to post comments | 65 reads Score: 0  0 vote(s) updated every 10 min