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unusual facts about carnivorous



9951 Tyrannosaurus

On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Tyrannosaurus" after Tyrannosaurus, a genus of large carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous.

Aracamunia

It was found on Cerro Aracamuni in Venezuela, an area with nutrition-poor soil that apparently favors the emergence of assimilative (carnivorous) species.

Bohaiornis

The presence of few, large-sized stomach stones in birds and in other non-avian dinosaurs usually indicates a mainly carnivorous diet, suggesting that B. guoi may have had a raptorial ecology.

Carex lasiocarpa

These floating mats often support a rich array array of other plant life adapted to wet infertile conditions, including Sphagnum moss, Ericaceous shrubs, orchids and carnivorous plants.

Claerwen

One of the three British species of carnivorous sundew plants or Drosera can be found here, and it is a known breeding site for the rare Merlin and Red Kite birds.

Eastern newt

Some larvae have been found in the pitchers of the carnivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea.

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

Several other species bear his name in their scientific names, including the Takahe, Porphyrio hochstetteri, and Powelliphanta hochstetteri, a species (with five subspecies) of New Zealand's giant carnivorous land snails.

Flatwoods

Many rare and usual herbaceous plants are found here, particularly orchids (e.g. Calopogon species, Pogonia ophioglossoides), sedges (e.g. Rhynchospora species) and carnivorous plants (e.g. Sarracenia species).

Going! Going! Gosh!

Just before the utensils are about to hit, the ludicrous Latin names are shown: Road Runner: Acceleratti Incredibilis and Coyote: Carnivorous Vulgaris.

Hanksville-Burpee Quarry

In June 2008 following three weeks of excavation, paleontologists from the Burpee Museum of Natural History and Western Illinois University announced major recent discoveries made at the site, including a probable Stegosaurus, four sauropods, and at least two carnivorous dinosaurs.

Killer ape theory

Dart carries that issue to extremes and equips this new type of ‘carnivorous and killing’ apes (“proto-men” in his own words) with weapons.

Mana Island, New Zealand

Notable amongst these will be the Tuatara, the Little Spotted Kiwi, a subspecies of the carnivorous Powelliphanta snail, and a range of threatened plants endemic to the Wellington Region.

Mona – The Carnivorous Circus

"Carnivorous Circus" is a montage of song and spoken word, featuring interviews with a Hells Angel and Steve Took, the latter recounting time he spent in Ashford Remand Centre, as well as recordings of political speeches.

Neil's Heavy Concept Album

A parody horror movie commercial, which sees vegetarian Neil being turned into a carnivorous monster after accidentally eating a hamburger leads into the original Planer composition "Lentil Nightmare", a dark heavy metal number that quotes briefly from King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King" and features Planer singing in an uncharacteristic wailing, high falsetto.

O. silvestrii

Odontomachus silvestrii, W.M. Wheeler, 1927, a carnivorous ant species in the genus Odontomachus

P. longifolia

Pinguicula longifolia, the long-leaved butterwort, a perennial carnivorous sub-alpine plant species found in the Central Pyrenees

Peter D'Amato

He is the owner of California Carnivores, located in Sebastopol, possibly the largest nursery of carnivorous plants in the world, and the author of The Savage Garden (published 1998), a book on the cultivation of insectivorous plants.

D'Amato is also the co-founder of the Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society along with frequently contributing to the International Carnivorous Plant Society's Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.

Reiner Stach

1991: Winner of a writing competition initiated by Botho Strauß in Die Zeit on Hans Henny Jahnn's Fluss ohne Ufer (River Without Banks), for his essay "Die fressende Schöpfung. Über Hans Henny Jahnns Romantrilogie Fluss ohne Ufer" ("The carnivorous creation. About Hans Henny Jahnns trilogy Shoreless River")

S. debile

Stylidium debile, the frail triggerplant, a carnivorous dicotyledonous plant endemic to coastal areas in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

S. flava

Sarracenia flava, the Yellow pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant species found from Alabama to South Carolina in the United States

S. rubra

Sarracenia rubra, the sweet pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant species

Schizodactylus monstrosus

It has been noted that a closely related species S. inexpectatus is carnivorous and this species is also expected to be carnivorous.

Serres de l'Université de Bourgogne

They preserve various threatened plants of Bourgogne, and also contain a range of tropical and sub-tropical genera such as Psilotum and Lycopodium, tropical aquatics such as Eichhornia and Salvinia, carnivorous plants including Sarracenia and Darlingtonia, and epiphytes including Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae.

Softbill

Carnivorous – those who feed on small mammals, birds or other vertebrates (e.g., Kingfishers, Rollers)

Taal Lake

Jaguar guapote (Parachromis managuensis), a predatory piscivore, a carnivorous fish that primarily eats other fishes, was found illegally introduced into the lake.

Vicentino Prestes de Almeida

Friedrich von Huene named the carnivorous Triassic reptile Prestosuchus chiniquensis in Prestes's honor (from Prestes and Chiniquá, his birthplace).

Wet meadow

A few of many possible examples include species of Rhexia, Parnassia, Lobelia, many species of wild orchids (e.g. Calopogon and Spiranthes), and carnivorous plants such as Sarracenia and Drosera.


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