In this episode of NOVA’s Gross Science, Anna Rothschild introduces us to the carnivorous fanged pitcher plant (Nepenthes Bicalcarata) that preys on unsuspecting insects, but has a special relationship with one particular species of a ‘diving’ ant that’s endemic to Borneo: Camponotus Schmitzi. From Wikipedia: Nepenthes bicalcarata is a myrmecotroph (ant-fed plant), … Continue reading Carnivorous Plants and Killer Ants – Gross Science