Question about a meat eating plant

Factual Questions
1

I caught a little of Micorocosmos yesterday.

There’s a scene where a plant eats a bee.

More accurately, it sort of traps it and closes around it. But, around it’s mouth are all these “hairs” with “balls” on the end. It was hard to tell, but it looked like when the balls touched the bee, they released goo onto the bee, which I took to be some sort of acid.

Clearly, I’m not fully informed on any step of the process.

What was the plant? What was in the goo-ball? Etc.

The plant was primarily green, and the goo-ball-hairs were purple.

2

Sounds like a Sundew

3

See if this is what you are talking about.

4

Couldn’t see your link Khadaji.

It does appear to be a type of Sundew. I didn’t see an exact picture at that Wiki page, but not all was lost. . .I’m now aware of the term “nutrient soup”.

5

Can carnivorous plants be a part of a vegetarians diet?

6

Oddly, yes. Vegetarian rennet (used to curdle milk in cheesemaking) can be made from the digestive enzymes of insectivorous plants.

7

Cool! Thanks. In another thread, the topic of figs came up and I found this:
http://www.veganfitness.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7052

8

You know, I now realize that I will never get tired of watching plants eat insects.