Animalogic Sundew: The Sticky Plant with a Killer Instinct Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 The sundew may look delicate, but it’s a deadly predator in the plant world ...

Darwin fed sundew plants salts of ammonia, egg white and even small crumbs of cheese before describing their digestive systems and proving, unequivocally and for the first time, that carnivory exists ...

The plants, which are species of sundew that grow in Japan, are covered in sensitive, dew-tipped stalks that wrap up bugs that get too close for comfort. The plant then absorbs the dead insect ...

It shows just how brilliant nature is with insects-eating wonders to the mimicking of movement, how these botanical marvels will challenge our understanding of what being a plant means.