If you live in some typically crappy NYC apartment, it’s more than likely that you’ve got a disgusting rodent problem. Your 4th floor walkup studio seemed charming when the broker showed it to you, but now that your toilet is leaking, your fridge has all but broken, and you have a rat colony living beneath your pullout sofa, it’s not so cute. Thank you, Philippines, for allowing nature to build a fabulous little rat-eating plant. Readers, I sh*t you not.
The plant is one of the largest of all the pitcher plants, and, is the world’s largest meat eating shrub (holding myself back from so many raunchy jokes). The plant dissolves rats WHOLE with acidic enzymes. BRAVO!
A team of miraculous botanists, led by British experts Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson, found the plant on Mount Victoria in the Philippines. They decided to go in search of the wonder-plant after rumors of its existence came from two Christian missionaries who described seeing a large carnivorous plant after they climbed the mountain.
They decided to call the plant Nepenthes attenboroughii, after the wildlife broadcaster Sir David.
Sir David, 83, reportedly is thrilled to share his name with a meat-eating plant. I’m thrilled to know that I can finally get housewarming plants for my friends that are functional.
You come up with some really cool stuff.
How can I get one for my crappy NYC apartment? Seriously.
“I’m just a mean green mother from outer space and I’m bad!” Like a Little Shop o’ Horrors reference wasn’t completely necessary?
Umm.. it looks like Crocs :/
Lived on the upper east side in a fourth floor walk-up years ago. Right above a very popular Italian restaurant. What a nightmare.
It’s cute!