Predatory Plants: Lure of the Cobra Lily
Ғылым және технология
Discover one of the most unique hunters of the plant kingdom, and witness how the cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps.
Learn more at KQED Science: goo.gl/X1UR8l
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Carnivorous plant to insects. "You bite me, I eat you."
@mayonnaisequeen1513
5 жыл бұрын
I laughed at this too much
@kosayen2
4 жыл бұрын
Nari S. Lin wrong neighbourhood nigga
@Enonymouse_
4 жыл бұрын
Bug: You taste good, chomp! Plant: So do you, yoink!
@UGUNII
4 жыл бұрын
Every bug is gangster until a plant decides to eat it for a meal. 😂😂
@Blio_
4 жыл бұрын
Nari S. Lin how have humans not developed this strategy And they say we’re the most advanced species
It’s so sad to see the dragonflies stuck in those paddle plants... they are beautiful bugs that eat mosquitos.
@IgnatianMystic
4 жыл бұрын
Abc xyz Those are actually damselflies, a relative of the dragonfly. Dragonflies have much thicker, stockier bodies.
@xmicrowavedhotpocketsx3624
4 жыл бұрын
Same with spiders but people smash them all the time
@IgnatianMystic
4 жыл бұрын
Berh Baer I see plenty of them around the pond in the housing development I live in, they don't seem to be under any threat.
@metamorphosisx6641
4 жыл бұрын
@@xmicrowavedhotpocketsx3624 Spiders suck though, some bite. Dragonflies don't.
@sylvieshuu
4 жыл бұрын
@@metamorphosisx6641 Dragonflies do bite, actually. If they feel in danger, they'll bite anything nearby.
Yeah, I remember the last time I was eaten by a salad.
@divisejohnson1951
4 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Kustren Sedgehun?
@jamesweir2943
4 жыл бұрын
it’s a shame the global warming hoaxers have ruined fact-based science with ‘consensus’ based assessments.
@sventer198
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@Amy-dd1xm
4 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Kustren 😃good times
@Cygnus0lor
4 жыл бұрын
Are you a buddhist?
"imagine sitting down and eating a salad-" lost me
They should’ve named it “ come on in I got some candy”
@UglyPotato34
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much any carnivorous plant
@UglyPotato34
3 жыл бұрын
@LaumiRez lol
@bigbrother4123
2 жыл бұрын
@LaumiRez Or you can name it in actual Latin: Intra habeo dulcia
*Okay but how did they get these angles*
@Glace1221
5 жыл бұрын
That's what I wanna know now
@toyinobasa5902
4 жыл бұрын
probably a similar probe to the kind used by doctors when the need to see into the intestines.
@ebonimom6964
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr I was wondering the same thing!!!!!!!
@fortnitegamer76
4 жыл бұрын
Spyfly
@anythinggoes1983
3 жыл бұрын
You know how Dedelus glued a string to an ant to thread a conch shell? Yeah that
I’m just now getting into plants especially carnivorous ones. I am amazed by these creatures.
@NakedEndoskeleton
10 ай бұрын
you should play the game silver case
Vegans: *confused screaming*
@JohnSan92
4 жыл бұрын
Those vegans can't explain this
Thats a Pokemon weeping bell
@imtheboy2200
5 жыл бұрын
Hiii
@DevonteHoward
5 жыл бұрын
#FactsMyGuy
@AfterAllWeAreHuman
5 жыл бұрын
Victreebell
@ebonimom6964
4 жыл бұрын
@@AfterAllWeAreHuman it's both weeping and victoree
@lycheemyusic
4 жыл бұрын
open pitcher plants make more sense
Man, nature for sure is scary, even more when you are so little
I loved the music. It was so chill and perfectly paired to help me listen to what was being said as well.
@AGatheringFan
3 жыл бұрын
From 3:20 to the end was pure bliss!
I'M TIRED OF DRINKING, I WANNA CHEW!
@chalseywilder937
4 жыл бұрын
Lmaooooo
@taylorlatte1
4 жыл бұрын
Haha how did Calebcity get here?
they should have called it cobra pitcher plant then
@mcmh9523
5 жыл бұрын
Its flower does strongly resemble conventional lily flowers though. It's quite beautiful.
@giancarlo2363
5 жыл бұрын
Cobra Lily sounds better
@leeonardodienfield402
5 жыл бұрын
humans are romantic like that.
@originalname28
5 жыл бұрын
I actually like that name better.
@ScionStorm1
5 жыл бұрын
*Darling Cobra*
Im from California and I had no clue we had plants like these!!
@lilaclizard4504
3 жыл бұрын
yup you have some awesome ones! Even venus flytraps are native to & unique to America (US)
*Predatory Plant: Lure of the Cobra Lily* One of the most unique hunters of the plant kingdom is the cobra lily, or _Darlingtonia californica_. Witness how it uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps in our latest KQED Science video. See photos and learn more from producer Josh Cassidy at KQED Science: goo.gl/lMtmQg
@henryrivas2525
10 жыл бұрын
Nice
@toyfunpetsandgameplayvideos
5 жыл бұрын
KQED
@genericalfishtycoon3853
2 жыл бұрын
Go back to making content like this, please. Honestly, this video was excellent in every way. Your brand new stuff? Not even watchable. constructive brutal honesty in criticism is a commodity these days stranger, take it where you can.
Barry Rice is the best professor, i took every class he offered and had no idea he had these videos and books
5:05 Yeah I'm pretty sure we've all seen Little Shop of Horrors
I never thought I would experience being vored by a plant
@nullpoint3346
4 жыл бұрын
The villain Poison Ivy.
@zay_rat8942
3 жыл бұрын
Yes officer, this post.
This makes me never want to take my shoes off.
Next up - The Killer Salad from Mars!
The Legend of Lily Cobra There was once a lazy cobra. Rather went out to find food, he just relax on the lily pad. The fairy got mad. And boom! The fairy turned him to a Lily Cobra.
"Imagine sitting down ready to eat a salad, and then the salad eats you"
So how do the midge larvas slime mites etc find their way into the plants?
The plants are gorgeous!!! 💚
If someone thinks plants are boring they they should check out so many types of carnivorous plants. They are so interesting and fascinating!
@OmniversalInsect
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much any living thing is interesting if you study it in enough complexity
I love how I went.. "What's ur fav flower?" "Lily-" "Awh that's swee-" "Cobra lily.. 🙂 you can search it up"
A fascinating topic.
I grow these plants as well as sundews. My sundews like chocolate the best but if I give them too big a piece it will rot the delicate pads.
Great video. Absolutely loved it.
Guys, Darlingtonia is one of the most extraordinary carnivorous plants! Beautiful and fascinating. Brilliant! Beautiful video!
@lilaclizard4504
3 жыл бұрын
sadly really really hard to grow outside it's natural environment though :(
I'm in love with the place...
The writhing fluid at the bottom was actually like... Nightmare fuel XD
What beautiful scenery
Geez... Had to make that salad comment huh... *Adds to list of why I can't eat a salad today... might eat me* 🤣🤣
another episode of *When Plants Attack*
Never thought I’d be freaked by a plant😂
Please try to make a lengthy and informative documentary on plants really amazing. 👍
There needs to be an updated version of this video with propwr information. Darlingotnia californica has been founs to secret 1 digest enzyme type, that was unknown before. The fangs it produces is actually produced for added chlorophyl, the fangs have the highest chlorophyll density out of the entire plant, and a study was done to see if it plays any role in the amount of bugs or the diversity of bugs it preys upon and in fact it does not at all. With fangs and without fangs (cut off) the plant still preys on the same amount of food and the same type of food. This suggests that the fangs have nothing to do with cathcing prey and all to do with storing energy from the sun.
I need the soundtrack to this! But I absolutely love this video. Thanks to caring botanists like this for spreading consciousness and knowledge.
@6sic666666
5 жыл бұрын
Fabiola Godinez my thoughts exactly!
@SMGeeHottie
4 жыл бұрын
Song that starts at *3:19* is Blind Divine Untitled I
Are they still thriving with alot of the drought that's being in the west coast?
@JuniorFarquar
5 жыл бұрын
Aaaand the plants survived the drought. Climate Hoax not coincide with stubborn plants not dying as predicted.
@foxcheetah6035
5 жыл бұрын
+llymphs What makes you think the droughts were a hoax?
@pivinne5536
4 жыл бұрын
llymphs droughts in a specific area did not kill an entire species which also exists in Oregon as per the video. Make no mistake though, lots of plants did die, and climate change is killing coral reefs, making droughts worse in places like India and more extreme storms like the hurricanes hitting the US are becoming more and more frequent n
@chillville5571
4 жыл бұрын
I thiink the reasoon coral reafs are dieng off is because there is a massive gold mining operation in africa and south america and they use murcury and acid to seperate the gold tthen they just dump the waist in the river then it goes out to the ocean. It is killing everything and everyone. We will soon feal the effects and if nothing is done this world will be doomed, mark my words!
@uncommongaming1490
4 жыл бұрын
@@chillville5571.....
Close to once the video ended, it just hit me, the background music gives some straight up minecraft vibes. Good and interesting choice for such an interesting video.
wonderful video!
Absolutely fascinating creatures
The insects descend to the deep depth of the abyss
So cool!! Very interesting!
Awesome! Good work!
The light green color is beautiful
This is so cool! ✨ beautiful footage 🤓
WOW that’s so amazing.
Nature is Amazing!!
This is BEYOND INTERESTING👏😱
They're stunning
About the only time I've ever felt sorry for a fly
@jacquelinereed3528
5 жыл бұрын
Timmsy Yeah, me too. You know they are scared, desperate to get free. Makes me sad.
Cobra Lily: The Sarlacc Pit for insects.
It’s interesting how with most ecosystems plants are at the bottom of the food chain usually referred to as the produce, yet here we have an ecosystem where the plant is predating and so the top carnivore
Just beautiful.
A plant being at the top of the food chain is unheard of.
Thank you
That fly's name was Seymour.
Excellent!
Theres some growing in michigan 2. It's a pitcher plant that grows in the spring after the ground thaws
When plants bite back
Can you make one of Dionaea Muscipula?
Nature is so cool
TIL Cobra Lily's were my friends all along.
How the fuck does a plant evolve to do this? To evolve some light spots on the ceiling to trick the insect that there’s a way out. That’s some intelligent evolution. I wonder how smart plants truly are
I'm still mind blown that the lily evolved to have transparent spots to confuse the insects
The ammount of plants has gone down alot recently, although im not sure why. i moved to Quincy CA in 2009 and the whole valley used to be covered in them now its oly the northwest corner of butterfly valley that has alot of them. I always thought it was crazy how they survived such snowy winters.
@stephaniebach__12-24
Жыл бұрын
Probably that crap they’ve been spraying in the air for years.. toxic, unnatural stuff
@devonshirerussell4485
Жыл бұрын
Shuddup past Devon
What is the music used towards the end?!?
Send it to a Vegetarian or Vegan, and tell them that even plants eat meat.
@deepboyz3853
5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahah nice idea😂😂😂😂
@holypain8152
5 жыл бұрын
@@HighFlyinAFGuy and I was joking try to have some sense of humor.
@dyson2736
5 жыл бұрын
@@holypain8152 nice try champ. think about what you have to say before you say it next time, now go put your nose in the corner.
@Abhi-hq5xw
5 жыл бұрын
People can eat what they want, their money, their lifestyle
@Abhi-hq5xw
5 жыл бұрын
Oh shoot, u were joking, ma bad
This is what true genjutsu is
the so called 'cobra lily' i saw before were different species of arisaemas.
A huge eco inside a plant Amazing
Victry bell is that you?
@someoneontheinternetsequel1538
4 жыл бұрын
Victry bell?
Is it related to other pitcher plants or did it evolve independently?
@Molhedim
5 жыл бұрын
@Positron Decay sarracenia evolved independently from other pitcher plants like heliamphora or nepenthes.
Is it just me or does the cobra lily look like something you just pick off the ground and eat. They look pretty crunchy though it's probably a bad idea
*Imagine sitting down having a salad and letting that salad eat you*
@covodex516
5 жыл бұрын
insert "in soviert russia..." comment here.
@barbiquearea
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Rand McNelly where hamburgers eat people.
" imagine sitting in front of a salad and that salad eats you." 😂 I'm dead.
Update?
i had no idea
The music is low key heat.
yes, salad eats you if it has tapeworm eggs in its cabbage and spinach leaves
Very strange looking plant indeed
First time watching and it's really amazing. The camera footage is really cool. I've been watching bug wars and the footage on there is amazing also. Really well done.
Glad I don't have to worry about my Cobb trying to take a bite out of me while im sleeping.
So, Dragon Lilly's are the real estate/ car sales-person of the plant world?
And _this_ nightmare fuel is why horror game environments aren't unrealistic.
I like the music at 3:21
How are the plants today? 2019
@devonshirerussell4485
4 жыл бұрын
The plants arent doing as well as they were 10 years ago. Im not sure when this video was made. But when i moved to Quincy CA there were tons of them in butterfly valley. But now they are mostly in the north west corner.
Most pitcher plants just have a vat of acid to kill the bug and digest it. This one has a collection of tiny bugs that eat the prey and that's terrifying.
Cobra lily looks like a man seeing you and both leaves like hands
From beginning i can't see the plant. Your camera too close to the plant.
I've seen birds get trapped inside convenience stores for hours because they couldn't comprehend using the same open door for escape. It's like winged creatures associate strictly and only verticality with safety.
Starting a boycott against these plants. *Bug murder is INHUMANE!* 🐛
Wouldn't that be "Mutualistic" since both the midge and bacteria get food and the cobra pitcher plant gets nutrients?
The last line was "D U M B"
Life finds a way
But don't the insects know if they come they will say goodbye?
Oregon got the short stick once again huh 😂😂 can't even get an evil plant
@mysticmusical
5 жыл бұрын
@Christopher Sabionski the name. I dare you not to use Google and thinking of products/methods/ideas named after Oregon 😂 Good luck mate
@TheTruthUSA
5 жыл бұрын
PNW is by far the most crucial forest in our country
@1:45, me in any Walmart packing lot, trying to find my car after I’m done shopping.