Fernando's Life

     Alright, so the website has been done for a few weeks now but I’ve been busy but I’m now ready to start posting regularly. I have found something that is new to me, I did not even know they existed. The giant pitcher plant, native to Borneo, are the world’s largest carnivorous plants. For years they have been thought to be so large to trap rodents, but recent discovery has revealed the actual reason for this.

     Carnivorous plant experts have recently noticed that tree shrews (which are a similar size to rodents but most closely related to primates) leave feces inside the plants. This made experts wonder if maybe there was some relationship between these animals and the plant. They found out that the tree shrews position themselves so that their back is facing the pitcher’s mouth, where they release their feces, they do this to mark their territory. The plant absorbs nutrients from the feces, mostly likely it is its largest supply of nitrogen. So the tree shrew gets nectar from the plant in return gives the plant supply of nitrogen.

     I found this very interesting because I also did not know what tree shrews were. I did go on Google and looked up images of Giant Pitcher plants and found that they vary great in sizes. Here are a couple of neat images I found:

     Well, this is my update for now, I will continue to work on the website and look for content to regularly update it from now on.