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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  • @notareallin620
    @notareallin6205 жыл бұрын

    Carnivorous plant to insects. "You bite me, I eat you."

  • @mayonnaisequeen1513

    @mayonnaisequeen1513

    5 жыл бұрын

    I laughed at this too much

  • @kosayen2

    @kosayen2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nari S. Lin wrong neighbourhood nigga

  • @Enonymouse_

    @Enonymouse_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bug: You taste good, chomp! Plant: So do you, yoink!

  • @UGUNII

    @UGUNII

    4 жыл бұрын

    Every bug is gangster until a plant decides to eat it for a meal. 😂😂

  • @Blio_

    @Blio_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nari S. Lin how have humans not developed this strategy And they say we’re the most advanced species

  • @IntoBlackHouse
    @IntoBlackHouse5 жыл бұрын

    It’s so sad to see the dragonflies stuck in those paddle plants... they are beautiful bugs that eat mosquitos.

  • @IgnatianMystic

    @IgnatianMystic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Abc xyz Those are actually damselflies, a relative of the dragonfly. Dragonflies have much thicker, stockier bodies.

  • @xmicrowavedhotpocketsx3624

    @xmicrowavedhotpocketsx3624

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same with spiders but people smash them all the time

  • @IgnatianMystic

    @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

    @metamorphosisx6641

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@xmicrowavedhotpocketsx3624 Spiders suck though, some bite. Dragonflies don't.

  • @sylvieshuu

    @sylvieshuu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@metamorphosisx6641 Dragonflies do bite, actually. If they feel in danger, they'll bite anything nearby.

  • @kennethkustren9381
    @kennethkustren93815 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I remember the last time I was eaten by a salad.

  • @divisejohnson1951

    @divisejohnson1951

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kenneth Kustren Sedgehun?

  • @jamesweir2943

    @jamesweir2943

    4 жыл бұрын

    it’s a shame the global warming hoaxers have ruined fact-based science with ‘consensus’ based assessments.

  • @sventer198

    @sventer198

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @Amy-dd1xm

    @Amy-dd1xm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kenneth Kustren 😃good times

  • @Cygnus0lor

    @Cygnus0lor

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you a buddhist?

  • @RingoRoad
    @RingoRoad5 жыл бұрын

    "imagine sitting down and eating a salad-" lost me

  • @datboidego
    @datboidego4 жыл бұрын

    They should’ve named it “ come on in I got some candy”

  • @UglyPotato34

    @UglyPotato34

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much any carnivorous plant

  • @UglyPotato34

    @UglyPotato34

    3 жыл бұрын

    @LaumiRez lol

  • @bigbrother4123

    @bigbrother4123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @LaumiRez Or you can name it in actual Latin: Intra habeo dulcia

  • @doiu92
    @doiu925 жыл бұрын

    *Okay but how did they get these angles*

  • @Glace1221

    @Glace1221

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's what I wanna know now

  • @toyinobasa5902

    @toyinobasa5902

    4 жыл бұрын

    probably a similar probe to the kind used by doctors when the need to see into the intestines.

  • @ebonimom6964

    @ebonimom6964

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ikr I was wondering the same thing!!!!!!!

  • @fortnitegamer76

    @fortnitegamer76

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spyfly

  • @anythinggoes1983

    @anythinggoes1983

    3 жыл бұрын

    You know how Dedelus glued a string to an ant to thread a conch shell? Yeah that

  • @ladydeanna3775
    @ladydeanna37752 жыл бұрын

    I’m just now getting into plants especially carnivorous ones. I am amazed by these creatures.

  • @NakedEndoskeleton

    @NakedEndoskeleton

    10 ай бұрын

    you should play the game silver case

  • @velocityhdmi8140
    @velocityhdmi81404 жыл бұрын

    Vegans: *confused screaming*

  • @JohnSan92

    @JohnSan92

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those vegans can't explain this

  • @rickysanchez8390
    @rickysanchez83905 жыл бұрын

    Thats a Pokemon weeping bell

  • @imtheboy2200

    @imtheboy2200

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hiii

  • @DevonteHoward

    @DevonteHoward

    5 жыл бұрын

    #FactsMyGuy

  • @AfterAllWeAreHuman

    @AfterAllWeAreHuman

    5 жыл бұрын

    Victreebell

  • @ebonimom6964

    @ebonimom6964

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AfterAllWeAreHuman it's both weeping and victoree

  • @lycheemyusic

    @lycheemyusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    open pitcher plants make more sense

  • @Voldrim359
    @Voldrim3594 жыл бұрын

    Man, nature for sure is scary, even more when you are so little

  • @DaarkDestiny
    @DaarkDestiny5 жыл бұрын

    I loved the music. It was so chill and perfectly paired to help me listen to what was being said as well.

  • @AGatheringFan

    @AGatheringFan

    3 жыл бұрын

    From 3:20 to the end was pure bliss!

  • @mtfz0796
    @mtfz07964 жыл бұрын

    I'M TIRED OF DRINKING, I WANNA CHEW!

  • @chalseywilder937

    @chalseywilder937

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmaooooo

  • @taylorlatte1

    @taylorlatte1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha how did Calebcity get here?

  • @nintendopepokemonfreakrube490
    @nintendopepokemonfreakrube4905 жыл бұрын

    they should have called it cobra pitcher plant then

  • @mcmh9523

    @mcmh9523

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its flower does strongly resemble conventional lily flowers though. It's quite beautiful.

  • @giancarlo2363

    @giancarlo2363

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cobra Lily sounds better

  • @leeonardodienfield402

    @leeonardodienfield402

    5 жыл бұрын

    humans are romantic like that.

  • @originalname28

    @originalname28

    5 жыл бұрын

    I actually like that name better.

  • @ScionStorm1

    @ScionStorm1

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Darling Cobra*

  • @darkangelhatesyou
    @darkangelhatesyou4 жыл бұрын

    Im from California and I had no clue we had plants like these!!

  • @lilaclizard4504

    @lilaclizard4504

    3 жыл бұрын

    yup you have some awesome ones! Even venus flytraps are native to & unique to America (US)

  • @KQEDSCIENCE
    @KQEDSCIENCE10 жыл бұрын

    *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

    @henryrivas2525

    10 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @toyfunpetsandgameplayvideos

    @toyfunpetsandgameplayvideos

    5 жыл бұрын

    KQED

  • @genericalfishtycoon3853

    @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.

  • @kaitlinhensley3081
    @kaitlinhensley308110 ай бұрын

    Barry Rice is the best professor, i took every class he offered and had no idea he had these videos and books

  • @AstroDomo4
    @AstroDomo44 жыл бұрын

    5:05 Yeah I'm pretty sure we've all seen Little Shop of Horrors

  • @Lemons4653
    @Lemons46534 жыл бұрын

    I never thought I would experience being vored by a plant

  • @nullpoint3346

    @nullpoint3346

    4 жыл бұрын

    The villain Poison Ivy.

  • @zay_rat8942

    @zay_rat8942

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes officer, this post.

  • @TJEpicMedia
    @TJEpicMedia5 жыл бұрын

    This makes me never want to take my shoes off.

  • @DieFlabbergast
    @DieFlabbergast5 жыл бұрын

    Next up - The Killer Salad from Mars!

  • @ScarabKing143
    @ScarabKing1434 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ceratedsign4825
    @ceratedsign48254 жыл бұрын

    "Imagine sitting down ready to eat a salad, and then the salad eats you"

  • @memesupreme5502
    @memesupreme55024 жыл бұрын

    So how do the midge larvas slime mites etc find their way into the plants?

  • @cindyrudolph4356
    @cindyrudolph43564 жыл бұрын

    The plants are gorgeous!!! 💚

  • @aves4081
    @aves40814 жыл бұрын

    If someone thinks plants are boring they they should check out so many types of carnivorous plants. They are so interesting and fascinating!

  • @OmniversalInsect

    @OmniversalInsect

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much any living thing is interesting if you study it in enough complexity

  • @ennlikesitall
    @ennlikesitall3 жыл бұрын

    I love how I went.. "What's ur fav flower?" "Lily-" "Awh that's swee-" "Cobra lily.. 🙂 you can search it up"

  • @johnwriterpoet1783
    @johnwriterpoet17835 жыл бұрын

    A fascinating topic.

  • @RobertMCroft
    @RobertMCroft4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jeansimard6944
    @jeansimard69445 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Absolutely loved it.

  • @ilpigliamosche
    @ilpigliamosche4 жыл бұрын

    Guys, Darlingtonia is one of the most extraordinary carnivorous plants! Beautiful and fascinating. Brilliant! Beautiful video!

  • @lilaclizard4504

    @lilaclizard4504

    3 жыл бұрын

    sadly really really hard to grow outside it's natural environment though :(

  • @snap19
    @snap195 жыл бұрын

    I'm in love with the place...

  • @cgillis3989
    @cgillis39894 жыл бұрын

    The writhing fluid at the bottom was actually like... Nightmare fuel XD

  • @mmik9683
    @mmik96834 жыл бұрын

    What beautiful scenery

  • @mysticmusical
    @mysticmusical5 жыл бұрын

    Geez... Had to make that salad comment huh... *Adds to list of why I can't eat a salad today... might eat me* 🤣🤣

  • @DustinJJ98
    @DustinJJ984 жыл бұрын

    another episode of *When Plants Attack*

  • @Music-xb2lx
    @Music-xb2lx4 жыл бұрын

    Never thought I’d be freaked by a plant😂

  • @moneshkalal4590
    @moneshkalal45902 жыл бұрын

    Please try to make a lengthy and informative documentary on plants really amazing. 👍

  • @ace-pb3jg
    @ace-pb3jg10 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @fabiolagodinez6465
    @fabiolagodinez64657 жыл бұрын

    I need the soundtrack to this! But I absolutely love this video. Thanks to caring botanists like this for spreading consciousness and knowledge.

  • @6sic666666

    @6sic666666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fabiola Godinez my thoughts exactly!

  • @SMGeeHottie

    @SMGeeHottie

    4 жыл бұрын

    Song that starts at *3:19* is Blind Divine Untitled I

  • @xxtwobitxx
    @xxtwobitxx9 жыл бұрын

    Are they still thriving with alot of the drought that's being in the west coast?

  • @JuniorFarquar

    @JuniorFarquar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aaaand the plants survived the drought. Climate Hoax not coincide with stubborn plants not dying as predicted.

  • @foxcheetah6035

    @foxcheetah6035

    5 жыл бұрын

    +llymphs What makes you think the droughts were a hoax?

  • @pivinne5536

    @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

    @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

    @uncommongaming1490

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@chillville5571.....

  • @Alex-ws8ic
    @Alex-ws8ic5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @volvos70t51
    @volvos70t514 жыл бұрын

    wonderful video!

  • @a_m5115
    @a_m5115 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating creatures

  • @kirin7452
    @kirin74524 жыл бұрын

    The insects descend to the deep depth of the abyss

  • @TammieAbusedNotBrokenRecovered
    @TammieAbusedNotBrokenRecovered4 жыл бұрын

    So cool!! Very interesting!

  • @ConservationMediaLLC
    @ConservationMediaLLC10 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Good work!

  • @paulominisha1891
    @paulominisha18912 жыл бұрын

    The light green color is beautiful

  • @ornellaorigami
    @ornellaorigami4 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool! ✨ beautiful footage 🤓

  • @JocelynMCrossett
    @JocelynMCrossett5 жыл бұрын

    WOW that’s so amazing.

  • @deltabravolima1514
    @deltabravolima15144 жыл бұрын

    Nature is Amazing!!

  • @donutgalaxy2115
    @donutgalaxy21154 жыл бұрын

    This is BEYOND INTERESTING👏😱

  • @jackwhitetron
    @jackwhitetron2 жыл бұрын

    They're stunning

  • @Timmsy
    @Timmsy5 жыл бұрын

    About the only time I've ever felt sorry for a fly

  • @jacquelinereed3528

    @jacquelinereed3528

    5 жыл бұрын

    Timmsy Yeah, me too. You know they are scared, desperate to get free. Makes me sad.

  • @Giantshredder
    @Giantshredder4 жыл бұрын

    Cobra Lily: The Sarlacc Pit for insects.

  • @seanclark6438
    @seanclark64385 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @mechasentai
    @mechasentai4 жыл бұрын

    Just beautiful.

  • @apdroidgeek1737
    @apdroidgeek17373 жыл бұрын

    A plant being at the top of the food chain is unheard of.

  • @treestump4537
    @treestump45373 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @nortonsnale5968
    @nortonsnale59685 жыл бұрын

    That fly's name was Seymour.

  • @robertcoulson483
    @robertcoulson483 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @kcflick6132
    @kcflick61324 жыл бұрын

    Theres some growing in michigan 2. It's a pitcher plant that grows in the spring after the ground thaws

  • @atompunk456
    @atompunk4564 жыл бұрын

    When plants bite back

  • @diegogarcia2515
    @diegogarcia25152 жыл бұрын

    Can you make one of Dionaea Muscipula?

  • @SportsGaming-ll3ru
    @SportsGaming-ll3ru4 жыл бұрын

    Nature is so cool

  • @particles343
    @particles3434 жыл бұрын

    TIL Cobra Lily's were my friends all along.

  • @Beans420MoreBeans
    @Beans420MoreBeans4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @disgracedsphinx3494
    @disgracedsphinx34944 жыл бұрын

    I'm still mind blown that the lily evolved to have transparent spots to confuse the insects

  • @devonshirerussell4485
    @devonshirerussell44854 жыл бұрын

    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

    @stephaniebach__12-24

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably that crap they’ve been spraying in the air for years.. toxic, unnatural stuff

  • @devonshirerussell4485

    @devonshirerussell4485

    Жыл бұрын

    Shuddup past Devon

  • @wm4506
    @wm45064 жыл бұрын

    What is the music used towards the end?!?

  • @holypain8152
    @holypain81525 жыл бұрын

    Send it to a Vegetarian or Vegan, and tell them that even plants eat meat.

  • @deepboyz3853

    @deepboyz3853

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahah nice idea😂😂😂😂

  • @holypain8152

    @holypain8152

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@HighFlyinAFGuy and I was joking try to have some sense of humor.

  • @dyson2736

    @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

    @Abhi-hq5xw

    5 жыл бұрын

    People can eat what they want, their money, their lifestyle

  • @Abhi-hq5xw

    @Abhi-hq5xw

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh shoot, u were joking, ma bad

  • @stjjnr980
    @stjjnr9805 жыл бұрын

    This is what true genjutsu is

  • @goerizal1
    @goerizal16 жыл бұрын

    the so called 'cobra lily' i saw before were different species of arisaemas.

  • @balasmj
    @balasmj5 жыл бұрын

    A huge eco inside a plant Amazing

  • @zactaylor2376
    @zactaylor23765 жыл бұрын

    Victry bell is that you?

  • @someoneontheinternetsequel1538

    @someoneontheinternetsequel1538

    4 жыл бұрын

    Victry bell?

  • @positrondecay4784
    @positrondecay47845 жыл бұрын

    Is it related to other pitcher plants or did it evolve independently?

  • @Molhedim

    @Molhedim

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Positron Decay sarracenia evolved independently from other pitcher plants like heliamphora or nepenthes.

  • @anamggss
    @anamggss3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @AfiqYap
    @AfiqYap5 жыл бұрын

    *Imagine sitting down having a salad and letting that salad eat you*

  • @covodex516

    @covodex516

    5 жыл бұрын

    insert "in soviert russia..." comment here.

  • @barbiquearea

    @barbiquearea

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Rand McNelly where hamburgers eat people.

  • @bakralkarawi9977
    @bakralkarawi99774 жыл бұрын

    " imagine sitting in front of a salad and that salad eats you." 😂 I'm dead.

  • @thefacebiters
    @thefacebiters5 жыл бұрын

    Update?

  • @trennabaker1918
    @trennabaker19186 жыл бұрын

    i had no idea

  • @austinstillman8737
    @austinstillman87375 жыл бұрын

    The music is low key heat.

  • @i_fuk_religion
    @i_fuk_religion4 жыл бұрын

    yes, salad eats you if it has tapeworm eggs in its cabbage and spinach leaves

  • @gaylenemorley916
    @gaylenemorley9165 жыл бұрын

    Very strange looking plant indeed

  • @michaelfataaikitama3096
    @michaelfataaikitama30964 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @T3chDruid
    @T3chDruid4 жыл бұрын

    Glad I don't have to worry about my Cobb trying to take a bite out of me while im sleeping.

  • @malcolmcrumblin2398
    @malcolmcrumblin23983 жыл бұрын

    So, Dragon Lilly's are the real estate/ car sales-person of the plant world?

  • @nullpoint3346
    @nullpoint33464 жыл бұрын

    And _this_ nightmare fuel is why horror game environments aren't unrealistic.

  • @user-rn3us2vr2z
    @user-rn3us2vr2z4 жыл бұрын

    I like the music at 3:21

  • @theatm1296
    @theatm12965 жыл бұрын

    How are the plants today? 2019

  • @devonshirerussell4485

    @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.

  • @Razzy1312
    @Razzy13124 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kidsartandcraftbymenaal8777
    @kidsartandcraftbymenaal87778 ай бұрын

    Cobra lily looks like a man seeing you and both leaves like hands

  • @normanselamat2977
    @normanselamat29773 жыл бұрын

    From beginning i can't see the plant. Your camera too close to the plant.

  • @allooutrick8266
    @allooutrick82664 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @DontSleepOnEm
    @DontSleepOnEm4 жыл бұрын

    Starting a boycott against these plants. *Bug murder is INHUMANE!* 🐛

  • @davidhandy4658
    @davidhandy46583 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't that be "Mutualistic" since both the midge and bacteria get food and the cobra pitcher plant gets nutrients?

  • @MONEEBAnArtist
    @MONEEBAnArtist4 жыл бұрын

    The last line was "D U M B"

  • @karenfromfinasse8430
    @karenfromfinasse84304 жыл бұрын

    Life finds a way

  • @BLO383
    @BLO3833 жыл бұрын

    But don't the insects know if they come they will say goodbye?

  • @mysticmusical
    @mysticmusical5 жыл бұрын

    Oregon got the short stick once again huh 😂😂 can't even get an evil plant

  • @mysticmusical

    @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

    @TheTruthUSA

    5 жыл бұрын

    PNW is by far the most crucial forest in our country

  • @dinokross3844
    @dinokross38444 жыл бұрын

    @1:45, me in any Walmart packing lot, trying to find my car after I’m done shopping.

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