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Sundew plant by the bushes near chancellors walk between Cameron and Leutze hall

This photo of some sundew plants was taken March 22, today, to the side of chancellors walk in between Leutze and Cameron hall. The sundew plant is a carnivorous plant that exhibits carnivorous predation because it consumes the animal tissue of typically insects that get stuck to its sticky, mucilaginous glands on the surface of its leaves. Since the sundew is a sedentary organism, it exhibits a type one functional response as it sits and waits for its prey to be captured (passive predator). With this type, it is categorized by its passiveness as well as its constant consumption rate and the time spent feeding used to also be searching.

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Uploaded on March 22, 2018
Taken on March 22, 2018