surprising finding in the jungles of the Philippines. It is the first time we identify a plant species with the ability to eat more than insects.
BBC World. Almost everyone has seen or heard from plants carnivorous, but most are not very impressive and are only able to capture and digest small insects like flies and ants.
However, a new species discovered in the Philippines will change forever the reputation of these plants. Nepenthes is attenboroughii (so named after the British conservationist David Attenborough), an insectivorous plant so great that it is able to catch and eat rats in their big traps.
The discovery, details of which were published in the journal Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, was conducted during a botanical expedition in the highlands of central Philippines. The first time you heard from your there was in 2000 when two Christian missionaries said they saw the huge plants. The data
Another finding. During the expedition, botanists also found other insectivorous species, Nepenthes deaniana, which had not been seen in the wild in 100 years. Journal
Edition Republic August 19, 2009
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