Re:The Weird World Inside a Pitcher Plant
by amelius on Monday March 12, 2018 @07:08AM
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What is weird about this? Isn't symbiosis an accepted thing? Humans also can't live without a microbiome, etc.
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The article clearly highlights a few unusual (aka, weird) things:
1 - Unlike most other pitcher plant species, this one has low acid and relies on the droppings of the worm larvae
2 - This is the only place the larvae have been found to live (a small and [i imagine somewhat] threatened area)
3 - The main food source appear to be other insects born inside the plant that get caught in the web leaving. Not other insects/animals that fall inside