BBC - Earth News - Carnivorous underwater plant sucks in prey

High-speed cameras and computer simulations show how the trap works

Mechanical engineers could learn something from the carnivorous bladderwort it seems.

This underwater plant uses a suction trap to gobble up passing prey in an instant, which it slowly digests.

Using high-speed cameras and computer simulations, a team of scientists in France has shown exactly how this suction trap works.

They report their findings in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. [...]

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