I recently learned that
in south America, there is a plant called the Bucket Orchid. Now, might not sound interesting, but there is a bee that can only mate with the scent the orchid produces. The bee lands on the leaf to 'preen' itself (if thats what its called) with the lovely perfume, only to find the leaves are very slippery. The bee then falls down a tube and into a pool of water. The bee, panicking, and prolly thinking 'shit, I am being eaten' or something, swims around until it finds a little bee shaped hole in the flower. The bee, knowing his luck is in, crawls through the hole. Just before the bee crawls out, the plant closes its jaws gently around the bee, and glues its pollen to it. Leaves it there to set, and then lets the bee go. The bee has the scent for his girlfriend, and the flower has secured a way of successfully passing on its pollen.

Isnt that just beautiful.
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 18 Sep 2009, 9:55, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Terrifying
but beautiful
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 9:58, Reply)

I saw a documentary on those plants a while ago, they looked pretty cool
I always wanted a venus fly trap as a kid, but never got one and I think if I got one now my cat would eat it.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 9:59, Reply)

I had a venus fly trap.
It died. Fly traps and Tabasco do not mix.
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:01, Reply)

I'm not surprised, they're sentient lifeforms
organic and all that. Poor little venus. Sadface
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:03, Reply)

Tasted good though :-)

( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:06, Reply)

Ooh ya bastard cunt ya

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:10, Reply)

Beautiful, but it only works because bees are thick
If they'd any sense, then the bee who'd just been trapped would say to his mates, "I just had a really narrow escape from that bucket orchid. Just stay away from it. If the burd's not up for it, buy her some nectar and you'll get your end away no bother"
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:00, Reply)

I thought it was because the female ate the male bee after sex*

may not be true
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 18 Sep 2009, 10:02, Reply)