Some one hundred million years in the future, the descendants of modern day plants may have evolved muscular, nervous, and digestive systems similar to those of animals.
The fly trap is a plant that feeds not only on sunlight like most members of the plant kingdom, but on the flesh of insects as well. It does this by attracting insects with its secretions. Then, when an insect lands on the plant, nodes are triggered that cause the plant to close up, trapping the insect.
The ability to absorb nutrients from living tissue is characteristic of the digestive system of an animal. The ability to obtain information and act on that information suggests an undeveloped nervous system, possibly even the beginnings of a brain. Being able to move under its own power suggests a simple muscle structure.
I hypothesize that in the next hundred million years or so, the fly trap and other carnivorous plants will give rise to a new kingdom of super plants, which will be able to think, move, and eat much like animals can.
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4 Antworten[quote]The fly trap is a plant that feeds not on sunlight like most members of the plant kingdom, but on the flesh of insects. [/quote][quote]Photosynthesis is actually the primary source of energy for Venus flytraps. They can live indefinitely without ever catching an insect. Also, the soil that they live in is nutrient poor, so they don't get much in the way of nutrients from the soil. That's why they developed the ability to trap insects in order to supplement the lack of nutrients in the soil. [/quote] I see you like to pull things out of your ass, OP.