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05-08-2011, 11:42 AM
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| | Poor little Blue Tit! What a way to go! BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' blue tit at Somerset nursery A killer plant has killed and "eaten" a blue tit at a garden nursery in Somerset.
Nurseryman Nigel Hewitt-Cooper from West Pennard discovered one of his pitcher plants had captured the bird while inspecting his tropical garden.
It is believed to be only the second time such a carnivorous plant has been documented eating a bird anywhere in the world.
Mr Hewitt-Cooper said he thought the blue tit had been attracted to the plant by the insects and landed on its leaf.
"I think it must have leant in to pluck out an insect that was floating on the fluid inside, tipped in too far and become wedged and unable to get out."
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05-08-2011, 12:06 PM
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| | | Re: Poor little Blue Tit! Oh dear! That's a bit of bad luck! They don't kill quickly either those plants
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05-08-2011, 01:25 PM
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| | | Re: Poor little Blue Tit! just read this today ... was a bit  when i read it... survival of the fittest i take it...
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