Monday, June 29, 2009

Meat Lover Plants



Carnivorous plants (sometimes called insectivorous plants) are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.

There are five basic trapping mechanisms found in carnivorous plants.

1. Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
2. Flypaper traps use a sticky mucilage.
3. Snap traps utilize rapid leaf movements.
4. Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.
5. Lobster-pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.

Nepenthes pitchers hang from tendrils



N. rajah, also occasionally take small mammals and reptiles.



Cobra lilies (Darlingtonia californica) use window-like aeriolae to lure insects into their hollow leaves



The Albany Pitcher Plant is the only member of the Australian genus Cephalotus



Heliamphora chimantensis



Sarracenia (the pitcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, because it is relatively hardy and easy to grow.)





Butterwort with prey



A sundew with a leaf bent around a fly trapped by mucilage.



The leaf of a Drosera capensis bending in response to the trapping of an insect



Cephalotus



The snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.



Sarracenia psittacina, also known as the Parrot pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America.



Sarraceniaceae

Sunday, June 28, 2009

2009-Cadillac Escalade Platinum Hybrid


2009-Cadillac Escalade Platinum Hybrid, Pictures, photo and images. The Cadillac already offers both hybrid and Platinum variants of the Escalade, but this latest offering combines the 'green' powertrain of the former with the amenities of the latter. Platinum models add a number of distinctive touches both inside and out, including a unique grille, LED headlamps, Aniline leather seating, magnetic ride control, and unique 22-inch aluminum wheels.The new model will utilize the 6.0-liter V8, just like the ‘lesser’ Escalade Hybrid, paired to General Motor’s 2-Mode hybrid system. Economy figures have not yet been released up to this time, but it is expected to be around 20 mpg city and 21 mpg highway which are the same figures that come with the two-wheel-drive Escalade Hybrid.

See More Pictures of 2009-Cadillac Escalade Platinum Hybrid Above



Friday, June 26, 2009

12 Awesome Chess Sets

1.3d Chess Set



2.Art of War Chess Set



3.3-Way Chess set



4.Lego Chess Set



5.Star War Chess Set



6.Wiggly Chess Set



7.Amorphous Organic Chess Set





8.Good and Evil Chess Set



9.Angels vs Demons Chess Set



10.Wild Animals Chess Set



11.Alice Chess Set



12.Renault F1 Team Chess Set

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Beautiful Albino Animals

Nature is a great designer, it always creates something special, like Albino Animals.

male melanoid albino



Albino Snake



Albino Penguin



Albino-turtle



rare albino swamp



albino alligators



Albino Pilot Whale



albino squirrel



Albino Kangaroo





Albino dolphin



Albino Deer



Albino Blue Crab



albino Hedghog



albino lion



albino koala



Albino peacocks