Pitcher plants are a type of carnivorous plant, trapping insects in a pool of liquid inside the hollowed-out leaves. The inside of the pitcher is waxy and covered with downward-pointing hairs that make it easy for an insect to fall in but difficult to get out. The pool of liquid contains digestive fluids that break down the insects into basic nutrients that the plants can absorb...nutrients that are generally lacking in the highly acidic bog soil where these plants grow.
Women in Caving Expeditions
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During the 2017 Dachstein Caving Expedition to the Hirlatzhöhle in the
Austrian Alps, I noticed that only eight of its thirty (23 percent) members
were w...
2 weeks ago
1 comment:
Another excellent photo Prem. Would love to have seen this first hand.
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