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To: Lucretius who wrote (14183)	8/28/2000 2:02:56 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) of 436258

Meat-eating underground plant found LAKE WALES, Fla., Aug. 28 ( UPI ) -- Scientists at a biological station in Lake Wales, Fla., have found a rare underground carniverous plant, the St. Petersburg Times reported Monday. The species of utricularia grows underground and eats nematodes and other tiny underground creatures with a nodule that sucks the meat into the plant. The organism was discovered at the Central Florida Archbold Biological Station in Lake Wales. Discoverers of the plant were botanists Kevin Hogan of the University of Florida and fellow botanist Stephen Mulkey. "Here's something that's beyond belief," marveled Hogan. He said the species is unlike any other. Utricularia can conduct photosynthesis underground due to the white quartz sand at the 5,100 acre biological station. By growing underground, the plant is protected from evaporation. It has leaves that grow upward and roots that grow downward from the underground main stalk. Now that utricularia has been discovered on Lake Wales Ridge, site of the biological station, scientists are looking for more of the organism on the grounds.

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