The World's Fastest Hunters

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Ulvica is a really rare name, so it does warp people's minds that we are really two people. Ulvica and ulrica muller both do baio mechanics of carnivorous plants. And aside from ulrica bower, i know of only one other ulrica onally in my entire 56 years of life. So when in doubt, hunt down a good story.

Flesh hungry plants. The world’s fastest hunters. Botany with brains? Seymour, it’s time to feed because we’re doing meat-eating plants with conservation ecologist and carnivorous phytobiologist, Hali’a Eastburn. Can a Venus Fly Trap digest human flesh? Do frogs think of pitcher plants as home or hell? How fast is a bladderwort? Are scientists anesthetizing plants? Why exactly DID they name a fly trap after the goddess of love? Also: homicidal plant tattoos, nature’s grossest vending machines, and what plants are most goth with a pair of real #bogbitches.

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Donations were made to North American Sarracenia Conservancy and Kauluakalana