(image courtesy of iStockphoto/Manuel Jung)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
What does Pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis mean? (Hint: dissect the word)
Just A Friendly Reminder...
Don't forget to post at least two comments each week but feel free to make more comments...the more the better!
Blog Statistics
Widget by Blogger Widgets
Blog Statistics Widget
Top Commentators
Widget by Blogger Templates
Followers
Blog Archive
-
►
2010
(63)
- ► 05/30 - 06/06 (1)
- ► 05/23 - 05/30 (9)
- ► 04/25 - 05/02 (9)
- ► 04/04 - 04/11 (9)
- ► 02/21 - 02/28 (9)
- ► 02/07 - 02/14 (8)
- ► 01/24 - 01/31 (9)
- ► 01/03 - 01/10 (9)
-
▼
2009
(76)
- ► 12/13 - 12/20 (9)
- ► 12/06 - 12/13 (9)
- ► 11/22 - 11/29 (9)
- ► 11/15 - 11/22 (9)
- ► 11/08 - 11/15 (9)
-
▼
11/01 - 11/08
(9)
- World-first Sustainable Racing Car Runs On Chocola...
- Bizarre Hexagon Spotted in Saturn's Clouds
- For Carnivorous Plants, Slow But Steady Wins the Race
- Diagnosing Heartburn
- Thirsty Plants Text For Help
- Matter Battleship
- 32 New Planets Found Outside Our Solar System
- Are Humans Still Evolving?
- Cell-Who Wants to Be A Millionaire Game
- ► 10/25 - 11/01 (9)
- ► 10/18 - 10/25 (8)
- ► 10/04 - 10/11 (5)
11 comments:
It is strange how the results of the study came out with the "cost" of making a trap compared to a leaf is much cheaper. I think that it has something to do with the plants in the surrounding area. There might be competition for the nutrition in the plants' habitats with bigger plants. Maybe that's why the plants have resorted to making traps to catch flies as an alternative energy source. Also, it might be the quality of a leaf is more preferable to plants than traps, and as they said in the article, it's easier to "pay" for the leaf.
I find it very interesting that some plants, which usually get food and nutrition from sunlight and water, actually eat living things! I also was surprised to learn that making a trap for bugs doesn't take as much energy as making a leaf
I thought that it was amazing that plants could actually eat other living things. I also thought it was interesting when they said there was 15 different species of them.
I really liked this article, even though it didn't have tons of information and it talked to you like a baby. I say this because I think we know what the "cost" is or how "inexpensive" a trap can be. I thought it was cool how the plants adapted to their environments where there was no water; they created waterless traps! I am surprised there aren't more of these in desert areas because there is such a lack of waters in those places. I also wonder if it takes less energy (see, I can use something else besides cost) why don't other plants start catching flies instead of creating leave? Maybe because there are less flies in those areas?
Like I said in my first comment, Noah, the plants probably prefer the leaf life style instead of the trap. The smaller plants might be in competition with bigger plants that require more and the smaller plants can't get enough water, so they make traps. I just guessing, so I might not be right.
This article was a little confusing. But I always wondered why plants like the venus fly trap catch food the way they do. Even if it wasn't the most interesting article I've ever read, it was cool to read. Any ways, It seems to me that growing a trap to catch food is smarter than growing a leaf (considering that it takes less energy to grow it) It was cool to read about.
Well, you can think of it this way. If you pay to build a large, unattractive concrete house, it would be very cheap compared to, say, a small, extremely elaborate decorated house. I think that this actually makes sense because the plants don't need an elaborate matrix of plant material for the trap as long as it gets the insects in (e.g. a pitcher plant trap is just a tube). On the other hand, leaves are more elaborate. This is sort of surprising, though. I wonder if leaves are so costly in normal plants!
It is amazing how we are able to come up with new ways of making things. However I agree with Brandon F., just because something is cheaper, doesn't mean it is the best way to go.
This was a very interesting and strange article. The only think I thought was interesting was the it might be competition for the nutrition in the habitats with bigger plants. But this was a still interesting article
i agree with brandon. i think that it was strange that the article came out in the cost. it is amazing that there are carnivorous plants that instead of being autotrophic they actually eat things like flies!
I don't really like this article, and I don't get its point. Some facts are actually interesting, but overall, I still don't appreciate it.
Post a Comment