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A man-eating plant is a fictional form of carnivorous plant large enough to kill and consume a human or other large animal. The notion of man-eating plants came about in the late 19th century, as the existence of real-life carnivorous and moving plants, described by Charles Darwin in Insectivorous Plants (1875), and The Power of Movement in Plants (1880), largely came as a shock to the general ...
Triffids: Carnivorous plants which possess a whip-like poisonous sting as well as mobility by three foot-like appendages, from the novel The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham. They subsequently appeared in a radio series (BBC, 1960), a motion picture (1962), a TV series (BBC, 1981) and a sequel novel, The Night of the Triffids (2001 ...
The film, which centers on a floral shop worker who discovers a sentient carnivorous plant that feeds on human blood, stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and the voice of Levi Stubbs. The film also features special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray.
The sundew, or Drosera rotundifolia, was found to be more carnivorous in high-sunlight, nutrient-poor bog microhabitats. In Finland, tentacle density was found to be about 50% higher in some ...
Please Don't Eat My Mother is a 1973 exploitation film directed by Carl J. Monson. It is an adult-themed parody of Roger Corman 's The Little Shop of Horrors . [ 1 ] The film depicts the repllationship between a timid man and his female carnivorous plant .
Mary Adelia Davis Treat (7 September 1830 in Trumansburg, New York – 11 April 1923 in Pembroke, New York) [1] was a naturalist and correspondent of Charles Darwin.Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive.
The actor, best known for her work in the 1995 hit comedy "Clueless," released a vegan cookbook in 2009 called "The Kind Diet," where she encourages readers to adopt plant-based eating habits.
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes lowii, a tropical pitcher plant that supplements its carnivorous diet with tree shrew droppings. [1] [2] [3]Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds.