Pitcher plants use raindrop impacts to fling insects into their trap

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Raindrops trigger a predatory diving board that cannonballs insects into a pool of digestive fluids

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3 August 2022

By Jason P. Dinh

Five green slender pitcher plants are suspended on vines

A leafy catapult helps pitcher plants (Nepenthes gracilis) capture insects

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The slender pitcher plant of…

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