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What do you think of people who keep pitcher plants in their homes? The larger ones trap cockroaches, small lizards, and even mice in a slippery sap, slowly dig
by khafra 16y ago
What do you think of people who keep pitcher plants in their homes? The larger ones trap cockroaches, small lizards, and even mice in a slippery sap, slowly digesting them over the course of days.
- maxharris 16y agoI draw the line at mice. They're mammals.
- khafra 16y agoBut the pitcher plant does not draw the line. If there are mice in your house (or outside, if it's tropical enough that the pitcher plant can survive outside) a large enough pitcher plant will eat them. If you maintain that a pitcher plant owner has a moral responsibility to prune back the plant before it gets large enough to eat mice, that's consistent and defensible; I was just curious if the different perspective from a table would bring a different conclusion.