http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature/threads/rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature/thread/b0f5997d-3a66-42e4-97a1-98f98f6695ba <div>Mammee Apple: What a fascinating sounding fruit! <br/>The berry of an everygreen tree, it has seemingly varying textures (from crisp to juicy, tender to firm) various anti-parasitic/insectecidal properties - ranging in cultural use from Tomato plants to flea killer... <br/>and apparently the wood has properties making it seemingly ideal for crafting. <br/> <br/>Nifty! <br/> <br/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammee_apple</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature">Bewilderning Lifeforms</a> - 0 replies </div> Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:49:39 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature/thread/b0f5997d-3a66-42e4-97a1-98f98f6695ba Singhilarity 2006-12-07T23:49:39Z http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature/thread/7cbcc9d3-c98f-43dd-a9ff-6e9d922371d1 <div>Because they need Nitrogen to live, and they just can't find it in the soil, these wise and wily plants eat other buggers to get their fix. <br/> <br/>Some of the most wild, and wacky looking species out there - some of them even eat FROGS. <br/> <br/>The main different types are as such: <br/> <br/>Pitfall traps of pitcher plants are leaves folded into deep, slippery pools filled with digestive enzymes. <br/>Flypaper (or sticky or adhesive traps) of sundews and butterworts are leaves covered in stalked glands that exude sticky mucilage. <br/>Snap traps (or steel traps) of the Venus flytrap and waterwheel plant are hinged leaves that snap shut when trigger hairs are touched. <br/>Suction traps, unique to bladderworts, are highly modified leaves in the shape of a bladder with a hinged door lined with trigger hairs. <br/>Lobster-pot traps of corkscrew plants are twisted tubular channels lined with hairs and glands. <br/> <br/>Anyways, dig it, this is one of my favourite websites, far and beyond. <br/>http://botany.org/carnivorous_plants/</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature">Bewilderning Lifeforms</a> - 0 replies </div> Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:11:49 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/wildnature/thread/7cbcc9d3-c98f-43dd-a9ff-6e9d922371d1 Singhilarity 2006-11-30T23:11:49Z