Carnivorous Puya

From: Bruce Salmon (brucesal@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Sat May 13 2000 - 16:51:20 PDT

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Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 11:51:20 +1200
From: "Bruce Salmon" <brucesal@xtra.co.nz>
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Subject: Carnivorous Puya

I have seen cultivated Puya catch domestic chickens here in NZ.
The chicken had no hope of escaping without help.
While I doubt that these plants are carnivorous thier trapping function may
give them a secondary benefit from those creatures that would decompose the
chicken and their droppings much like the assassin bugs do for Roridula.

Bruce

Bruce Salmon
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New Zealand

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