- venus flytrap fail: http://is.gd/tSpk #
- is photobomb: the galactic empire joins the catholic empire. http://is.gd/tPru #
- two of my highschool classmates are now teachers themselves. add two friends this fall. my generation is officially getting old. #
- awful spelling mistake: “two”, not “to” #
- 2 days ago (this time of day), i stumbled across DSPS: http://is.gd/QPw …interesting. can’t remember waking up spontaneously before 11am. #
- somebody who constantly makes mistakes pronouncing ‘incompatibility’ shouldn’t give a presentation on self-incompatibility in plant reproduction. #
- xkcd: “swine flu – twitter is great for watching uninformed panics unfold live.” http://is.gd/uNjW #
- how swine flu spreads… http://bit.ly/7rFVt #
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Archive for May 3rd, 2009
this animation was done as a request. a friend needed such a file for her presentation, but couldn’t find one on the internets…
animation: a venus flytrap (dionaea muscipula) closes
venus flytraps belong to the interesting family of droseraceae, which consists of carnivorous plants.
in order to attract prey, the traps are usually of a reddish color and contain nectar producing glands.
as soon as an insect lands on the traps and stimulates a one of the trigger hairs, the lobes are closed. trying to escape, the trapped insect further stimulates the inner surface of the lobes, and the plant starts to produce digestive enzymes.
in their wild habitats (bogs, wet svannahs), venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants find hardly any nutrients (especially nitrogen), so they have evolved to actually catch and digest insects.
