They evolved to eat bugs because it allowed them to survive in shitty nutrient-sparse sand, the fact that we think of them as coming from a lush jungle or whatever is funny when you realize that
Yup, exactly! But there a ton of other different species of carnivorous plants that aren’t flytraps specifically that grow all over. There are actually varieties in equatorial jungles, and all the way north into Canada too
And a bunch of formerly carnivorous plants have evolved into inviting toilets for other animals, e.g., bats. Bat gets a nice place to poop, plant gets fertilizer.
They evolved to eat bugs because it allowed them to survive in shitty nutrient-sparse sand, the fact that we think of them as coming from a lush jungle or whatever is funny when you realize that
Yup, exactly! But there a ton of other different species of carnivorous plants that aren’t flytraps specifically that grow all over. There are actually varieties in equatorial jungles, and all the way north into Canada too
And a bunch of formerly carnivorous plants have evolved into inviting toilets for other animals, e.g., bats. Bat gets a nice place to poop, plant gets fertilizer.
This is so cool! Probably a tough sell for a few years though lol
“I’m vegetarian”.
~That plant, probably.