{"id":32672,"date":"2012-09-30T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=32672"},"modified":"2012-09-30T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T18:57:27","slug":"carnivorous-plant-kills-with-snap-tentacles-researchers-describe-new-mechanism-for-capture-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/carnivorous-plant-kills-with-snap-tentacles-researchers-describe-new-mechanism-for-capture-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnivorous Plant Kills With Snap-Tentacles, Researchers Describe New Mechanism For Capture (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nCarnivorous plants use many different complex mechanisms to thrive in places that are poor in nutrients — by using trapping systems to lure in, trap, kill, and eat small prey animals — and then they reap the bounty of nutrients. Some of these traps can actually move, and it’s these ‘active’ traps that are currently being researched by the Plant Biomechanics Group of the Botanic Garden Freiburg, led by Prof. Thomas Speck.<\/p>\n