Wild Adventures with Steve: Pitcher Plants Eating Dinner

At Earthshine Lodge I have constructed a small bog to provide habitat for several pitcher plants. Pitcher plants are a type of carnivorous plant that "eat" insects, spiders and other small animals of all kinds. This video describes how pitcher plants "eat" animals without ever moving a "muscle" like the more famous Venus Flytrap does.

If you are interested in visiting these plants and learning more just check us out at Earthshine Mountain Lodge in lake Toxaway, North Carolina USA.

http://www.earthshinelodge.com

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[Kalashniikovv]

Lmao " no i'm not gonna help him because... that would not be the way of nature." ahaha good stuff

[chainsawz]

moth: oi wasp, get your big ass outta my face!

wasp: darn it, its just too slippery!!

moth:okay, but just make sure you dont fart

wasp: oky dokey

[froggirl0]

What happens if you drop your camera in there? P.S I`m glad you planted those plants, you take very good care of them. And the beetle looked funny when it was failingly trying to get out of the pitcher plant. I just planted my pitcher plant today and i didn`t know that they were almost extinct!!

[0guerrilaz0]

Did anyone else laugh at the didgeredoos?

[tom123216]

.. the nectar doesn't come from the rim it comes from the underside of the hood and it is a trumpet pitcher i thought you were talking about the slender pitcher..........

[Series520]

@FerretBaron1 I'm not sure, but I'd guess that it wouldn't hurt the human. If the contents were acidic enough to hurt a human, they'd probably hurt the plant, too.

[silencedknight]

damn nature, u scary.

[FerretBaron1]

I've got a question:

What happens if a human puts his or her hand or any other body part inside the "mouth" of a pitcher plant?

Does it burns? Nothing happens? Or something else?

Please reply, this question was itching me for years.

[afcwinners]

does the plant not suck the bug dry of blood with the little spike things and then digest it

[bigbowlowrong]

@shortiecanbrawl

The "acid" in the plant is not toxic.

If it weren't for all the decaying bugs, you could easily drink what's in there.

[shortiecanbrawl]

Carnavine uses acid!

Its toxic!

Thats super effective!

[Kidkiddy1]

at 2:48 its also not apart of nature for you to angle the plant so he cant escape. He couldve lived or atleast lived longer. But thx for putting up the video. I'm rlly interested in these plants. And you had some great angles of them.