Rat-eating Plant Discovered in Australia

Megaport writes "Finally, the news that every slashdot-meme poster have been waiting for. A rat-eating vine called "Tenax" has been discovered in the rainforests of the Cape York region in Queensland, Australia"

Comments

Too Bad.

[airencracken]

I figured it'd be more useful in the fire swamps.

Re:Too Bad.

[jcr]

Let's buy as many of them as we can, and plant them in Washington DC.

-jcr

Mass Production for Export

[tcolberg]

New York desperately needs them, especially that KFC-Taco Bell from a year ago (http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=113755). Then again, maybe Washington needs them more for the big ones they have there.

Re:Mass Production for Export

[nEoN nOoDlE]

Then again, maybe Washington needs them more for the big ones they have there.

Tenax for President in '08! He'll clean up Washington!

Re:Meme?

[bhtooefr]

I just have one question for the moderators...

Because Slashdot memes were mentioned in the story, are Slashdot memes exactly off-topic?

Doesn't surprise me

[Cathoderoytube]

Given that pretty much absolutely everything else in Australia is poisonous or capable of eating a full grown human being it doesn't surprise me that plants thewould start making things worse for other creatures as well.

Re:Kinda small for a pitcher plant

[TranscendentalAnarch]

And a 6 inch pitcher is not all that big. You know... they've got pills for that.

Re:If you can use a banana to prove god exists...

[jollyreaper]

why dont you ever hear of these things.... which are WAY more seemingly complicated and amazing and "improbable", as the proof that god exists?

oh yeah, that would be horrific. I would love to see a Satainst make the religious argument for intelligent design. Parasites! Holy crap, there's some material. "Ok, here's the penis fish. You piss in the Amazon, this little sucker will follow the ammonia right up to your pee hole and dig in. It has barbs. And if that doesn't get you, let's talk about fresh water amoeba that will get in your brain and drive you mad! And let's not forget venereal diseases, genetic diseases, mosquito-born diseases. All of this created by God! He's got a thousand species of carnivorous mold, each species perfectly adapted to attacking a given species of ant! All of this playing out below typical human notice, below human care! How about the mud-dauber wasp, kidnapping poor defenseless caterpillars to paralyze them and leave them as a live meal for their eggs, to hatch and feast upon them? Yum yum! That is one sick motherfucker right there, folks. Now let me tell you about my guy..."