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Scientists discover a flower that secretly eats insects, and say many more plants could be hiding the same ability
A remarkable discovery has unveiled Saxifraga candelabrum as a genuine carnivorous plant species. Thriving in challenging alpine regions, it lures and digests insects through special sticky hairs and digestive enzymes. This intriguing find opens the door to further examination of other plants thought to possess only adhesive qualities, potentially resolving a 151-year-old hypothesis posed by Charles Darwin.
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Darwin tenía razón: la ciencia confirma 150 años después que esta pequeña planta es una devoradora de insectos
Un equipo multidisciplinar de científicos ha demostrado que la especie ‘Saxifraga candelabrum’ es carnívora, tal y como planteó el naturalista inglés en 1875, un hallazgo que…
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Vindicated! A plant that Darwin thought was carnivorous really is
Sticky hairs on the alpine flower Saxifraga led Darwin to posit that it might eat animals and 150+ years later, that has been shown to be true
