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BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery

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Subject: BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery
From: David James <>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:10:48 -0700 (PDT)
Actually, Great Tits predate milk bottles by a very long time, millenia I 
presume. Whether Great Tits predate a species of pitcher plant or the pitcher 
plant predate Great Tits might depend on the comparative evolutionary history 
of both species, or the hatching date of one individual versus the germination 
date of the other, depending on the context. Milk bottles do not prey on Great 
Tits since preying involves animation. It is arguable whether pitcher plants 
prey on animals, but I would lean towards yes, and certainly so in an 
evolutionaty sense.   

ps, if you don't understand me, please research the meaning of "predate" 
 
David James, 
Sydney

 
 
 
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From: brian fleming <>
To: bird <>
Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2011 2:59 PM
Subject: BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery

It is well-known that in the UK high-grade milk bottles predate Blue Tits. Now 
it's pitcher plants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14416809
Anthea Fleming
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