On a tangentially related note, there are some carnivorous plants that have evolved away from carnivory:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_ampullaria" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_ampullaria</a><p>> Nepenthes ampullaria has largely moved away from carnivory and acquires a substantial portion of its nutrients from digesting leaf matter that falls to the forest floor. It is thus partially detritivorous.
On a similar note in subterranean carnivory, there are fungi that specialize in snaring nematodes:<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematophagous_fungus" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematophagous_fungus</a>
My neighbor recently found that a young raccoon had gotten stuck in the bamboo next to their house and died. He pulled it out and buried it but we were joking that the bamboo had turned carnivorous. Now, I’m wondering…
Does seeing this headline also trigger memories of that one X-Files episode for anyone else too??<p>Spoilers: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Trip_(The_X-Files)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Trip_(The_X-Files)</a>
The title is be misleading. I had visions of entering a cave and a plant preventing me from leaving.<p>It should read “A carnivorous plant that traps underground prey”.
Off topic:<p>I posted the exact same URL two days ago[1].<p>If I post the same URL again, it gets marked as a dupe.<p>@dang is there an expiry on dupes?<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31952639" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31952639</a>
I want one of these, but my lame country has super strict quarantine laws.
Does anyone know of some excellent resources for; SEAsian/Australasian/Oceanian carnivorous plants?