Canada | Carnivorous plant documented feeding on baby salamander; rare example involving vertebrate
- Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Jun 12, 2019
- 1 min read
Alex Smith may be bald, but he says his hair stands on end when he thinks about the moment he first spotted a pitcher plant that had devoured a juvenile salamander in an Ontario park.
That's because it's believed to be the first documented case in North America of a vertebrate-eating pitcher plant.
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