# Paging carnivorousplant ...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-carnivorousplant/626964
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 2, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-carnivorousplant/626964 "2012-07-02T03:15:29Z")
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### Author: ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-carnivorousplant/626964/1 "2012-07-02T03:15:29Z")

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Long-lost relatives?

[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9366936/Plants-that-feed-on-animals-underground-discovered.html](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9366936/Plants-that-feed-on-animals-underground-discovered.html)

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### Author: ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-carnivorousplant/626964/2 "2012-07-02T14:15:25Z")

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They look rather Utricularia [like](http://eol.org/pages/5651505/overview). They are possibly eating nemotodes BTW, not big old night crawlers.

Thanks!