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Rat-Eating Plant Named for Brit Naturalist Attenborough

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 18, 2009 12:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – A rare, giant Philippine pitcher plant that likely dines on rats and mice has been named after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the Times of London reports. The Nepenthes attenboroughii, which could number only a few hundred specimens, was discovered in 2007. Attenborough says he’...   Read full story »

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