Sentences with phrase «of carnivorous plants»

Portland, OR About Blog The Pitcher Plant Project is Sarracenia curious childhood fascination of carnivorous plants that has grown to be an intense journey of wonder, creativity and growth.

The leaves of carnivorous plants could hold the key to repelling ice from pipes and keeping them cleared.

There are also several species of carnivorous plants, though most are primarily insectivorous.

Without nutrients, potential pollinators such as insects and birds are scarce, and the appetites of carnivorous plants compound the problem.

Now the first fossilised specimens of a carnivorous plant are helping scientists probe the organism's early evolution and their Eocene habitat.

Not exact matches

As seen in the video, it took Bananasaurus Rex a few tries before getting through the whole level, which is peppered with lots of Super Mario - sized threats, including bombs, carnivorous plants and Buzzy Beetles.

Griffin says no chemicals are used to control the bugs because he added carnivorous plants to his operation that act as the terminator of all pests.

Enjoy a family - friendly celebration of spring and the garden's natural wonders with fun, hands - on activities and nature play, including frogs, carnivorous plants, bird games and crafts,...

The carnivorous pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica releases water into the tall vases of its leaves, creating deathtraps where insect prey drown.

17 The oldest carnivorous plant leaf fossil, from a relative of Roridula, was found in Baltic amber that's 35 million to 47 million years old.

The pitcher plants of south - east Asia are famed for their carnivorous habits.

In a fraction of a second, without the aid of nerves or muscles, the carnivorous plant can snap closed on an insect.

As Fukushima explains, «Carnivorous plants often live in nutrient - poor environments, so the ability to trap and digest animals can be indispensable given the dearth of other sources of nourishment.»

Take the Venus» flytrap, a carnivorous plant native to the wetlands of the Carolinas.

«These plants have a genetic tool kit, and they're trying to come up with an answer to the problem of how to become carnivorous.

Chemist Joanna Aizenberg found the inspiration for her latest innovation in the ultra-slippery leaves of the carnivorous pitcher plant.

The other dinosaur tracks include: a sauropod, or long - necked plant - eater; small theropods, crow - sized carnivorous dinosaurs closely related to the Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex; and pterosaurs, a group of flying reptiles that included pterodactyls.

Nepenthes hemslayana is a Paleotropic carnivorous pitcher plant that provides a safe place for bats to roost; it's cool and free of parasites and other bats.

Adaptive evolution of cytochrome c oxidase: infrastructure for a carnivorous plant radiation.

Adaptive evolution of cytochrome c oxidase: infrastructure for a carnivorous plant radiation Jobson, R. W., R. Nielsen, L. Laakkonen, M. Wikström et al. 2004.

SLIPS technology, inspired by the slick lip of a carnivorous pitcher plant that sends insects sliding down to their doom, take advantage of the fact that it is very difficult for an organism to attach to a liquid surface.

Cultivated bacterial diversity associated with the carnivorous plant Utricularia breviscapa (Lentibulariaceae) from floodplains in Brazil — Felipe Rezende Lima — Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Epic Boss Fights — A giant pink monster with hundreds of eyes... A possessed, mountainous golem... An evil daisy - cum - carnivorous plant... Rayman Origins will put players to the test with these and many more challenging boss battles!

Moments of peril and several jump scenes (that may scare very young viewers) accompany them as they encounter carnivorous plants, petrified mushrooms and magnesium explosions.

Then there were the gluttons for punishment who craved still more horror, be it in the form of mining disasters, carnivorous plants, the real story about Roswell, or — God help us all!

While people can benefit from large amounts of fruit (we're largely herbivorous), our dogs are closer to the carnivorous side of the spectrum, so they should consume smaller amounts of plant foods.

Dogs are primarily carnivorous in terms of what they are designed to eat, though they do have a limited ability to digest plant products.

Many natural cat foods eliminate grains and replace them with other high - carbohydrate plant matter that isn't really a natural part of your carnivorous cat's diet.

Inside highlights include the Aquatic House, which houses hundreds of orchids, as well as waterfalls, mangroves, and carnivorous plants.

A hike in the muskeg habitat reveals an amazing array of unique flora including carnivorous plants.

Extraordinary collections of orchids, ferns, carnivorous plants, and tropical species are housed in the humid hot houses; and the cycad and palm garden features some dramatic and architectural species from around the world.

An old enemy of Mario, these large carnivorous plants live in pipes, just waiting to munch on anyone who might try to jump into their territory.

As I said before, it's always welcome to see an MMO in a new setting, and running around the Grand Canyon after 90 % of the population has died out, killing huge carnivorous plants is quite appealing.

• Epic Boss Fights: A giant pink monster with hundreds of eyes... A possessed, mountainous golem... An evil daisy - cum - carnivorous plant... Rayman Origins will put players to the test with these and many more challenging boss battles!

If you want to see more of BulletStorm's high - octane shooting, sandbox combat, and carnivorous plants in action, watch the debut trailer below.

You find yourself in lush worlds filled with the familiar obstacles of platformers past — enemies with heads that need jumping on, carnivorous plants, spike pits and a kidnapped princess who's always in another castle.

Drosera rotundifolia, or Sundew, is a delicate carnivorous plant that grows in sphagnum bogs and gets much of its nutrition from capturing and digesting insects.

Those of us who subside on a diet without meat are often met with the snarky refrain of our carnivorous comrades: «But it's ok to kill innocent plants?»

From carnivorous plants to occult - inspired tokens of affection, these are not your grandmother's Valentine's gifts.

From a spectacularly weird anglerfish to the largest carnivorous sundew plant seen in the New World, this list of novel new species gives hope that all isn't lost.

When you here the phrase «endangered species» undoubtedly the cute, cuddly and carnivorous pop to mind, but according to new global analysis by The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London's Natural History Museum and the IUCN shows that one in five of the world's plant species are threatened with extinction — in other words, about 76,000 of the world's estimated 380,000 species of plants have difficult times ahead.

«The carnivorous plant Dionaea muscipula, also known as Venus flytrap, can count how often it has been touched by an insect visiting its capture organ in order to trap and consume the animal prey,» says Rainer Hedrich of Universität Würzburg in Germany.