The Nepenthes northiana is a carnivorous pitcher plant that eats small animals, mostly rats! It measures up to 20 centimeters in diameter and is formed by a tendril which inflated into a large cup-shaped trap.
This plant eats rats, and anything else it can catch. It grows a leaf out that shapes itself into an open tube and fills itself with acid much like the human stomach. Its colors confuse insects as well as some rodents into thinking it is food itself. The rat falls in, and digestion begin.
It is believed that there are around 600 species of pitcher plants.These plants are most familiar with the Venus flytrap. Even though they evolved so that they could catch insects, they still like to eat rats and mice every now and then.
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