15 March 2010, 03:43
ncbomanPitcher plant rethink ...
Instead, the pitcher uses tasty nectar to attract tree shrews, then ensures its pitcher is big enough to collect the feeding mammal's droppings.
quote:Radical rethink
"150 years after the discovery of N. rajah, we finally have an explanation for why the largest carnivorous plant in the world produces such big pitchers," says Dr Clarke.
Dr Clarke says it is the "neatest" discovery he has made in more than 20 years of studying Nepenthes meat-eating plants.
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I'm no biologist, but I don't think it would have taken me 20yrs to figure this out,
<<<,,, unless I was gonna get a cushy retirement from it.>>>
