Carnivorous Mushrooms: Lassoing Their Prey? (Bloodthirsty Plants)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0836816560 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 24 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Children will be fascinated by the beautiful and arresting full-color photography showing the tricks and the traps that carnivorous plants use to catch their lunch. Some suck in their prey like a vacuum cleaner. Some carnivorous fungi even lasso their prey! Learn the what, how, and why of herbaceous carnivores in these informative first looks at the world of Bloodthirsty Plants!. Some trap insects and small animals with a sweet, sticky liquid; once caught, victims cannot struggle free
prepetuating a myth A Customer Mr. Gentle is perpetuating a frustrating myth. Fungi (even the carnivorous fungi) are NOT plants. Fungi have been classified in their own Kingdon for nearly a half a century and recent molecular evidence has actually shown that fungi and animals are more closely related to each other than either is to plants! (see the journals Science vol 260 pg.340-342 and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA) vol. 90 pgs. 11558-11562 for more details). This result in part explains why fungal infections such as athelete's foot and othe