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Old 02-24-2009, 09:10 PM   #3
flopay

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One entire family that come to mind is carnivorous Droseraceae. Sundews (Drosera), VFTs (Dionaea muscipula), and waterwheels plants (Aldrovanda sp.). It's amazing that Drosera and the other two belong in the same family. It's also neet to see the type of aquatic common ancestor that gave rise to Aldrovanda and Dionaea.

Another is Socratea exorrhiza, the walking palm of tropical America. these are awesome 'cause they can actually move slowly by the growth and death of large above ground root/trunk? structures, to fill canopy gaps faster than other tree species seedling can. how cool is that?

I guess they're all cool 'cause they can move, for different reasons, distances, and speeds, but they all can move.

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