Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

A plant has killed and "eaten" a great tit at a garden nursery in Somerset.

Nurseryman Nigel Hewitt-Cooper, from West Pennard, was inspecting his tropical garden when he discovered one of his pitcher plants had trapped the bird.

He said he was "absolutely staggered" to find it had caught the creature.

It is believed to be only the second time such a carnivorous plant has been documented eating a bird anywhere in the world.

"I've got a friend who's studied these particular plants extensively in the wild and he's never found evidence of any of them having caught birds," said Mr Hewitt-Cooper.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14416809

[MrModerate]

1. That was either a very big pitcher or a very small tit. n/t

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. I see this potentially becoming a beer drinking game but I could be wrong. n/t

[Thor_MN]

12. Late in a beer drinking game, one is much more likely to encounter great tits

Just saying...

[GodlessBiker]

2. There's a Family Guy joke in there somewhere.

[Countdown_3_2_1]

3. This is step 1. Step 2 is...Triffids

nt.

[AndyTiedye]

4. What Are They Growing at that Nursery?

[bananas]

6. Plant food?

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcwNjMwNTU5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTAwODcxMQ@@._V1._SY317_CR9,0,214,317_.jpg

[Tunkamerica]

5. "great" is subjective when talking about tits

[Pab Sungenis]

8. Hopefully no one will cross-pollenate this one with Kudzu.

If they do, then I for one welcome our new vegetative overlords.

[Tesha]

9. I dunno; if you could make it have a taste for Republicans.... (NT)

[Orsino]

10. .

[Kaleva]

11. Thought this was going to be another breast feeding at the Olive Garden kind of thread.