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  • ‘Double Whammy’ Could Wipe Out Carnivorous Plants

    ‘Double Whammy’ Could Wipe Out Carnivorous Plants

    On a recent reporting trip out West, I found myself surrounded by hundreds of vicious carnivores, all soaking their prey in a corrosive mix of flesh-eating enzymes. In a California bog, I stood in a field of carnivorous plants. The sticky sundews held their sparkling, modified leaves just an inch or so off the ground,…