The Giant Rat-Eating Plant

The giant rat-eating pitcher plant
The giant rat-eating pitcher plant

This odd spot appeared in The Age

British naturalist Sir David Attenborough is honoured that a giant rat-eating pitcher plant has been named after him. It could  have been worse, earlier this year three species of slime-mould beetle were named after George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.

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