Slide – Eco Tourism, Rafflesia, Monkey Cup

Eco-tourism, taman negara, monkey cup, rafflesia

Pitcher plant or monkey cup absorbs and digest insects – (the plant’s stomach)

It attracts its prey by nectar and the victim fall into a pool of liquid at the bottom. The animals drown and eventually digested by enzymes.

Rafflesia has no stems, leaves, roots. Only visible part are the vines. The flower can grow to almost 4 feet in diameter. The flowers smell like rotting flesh.

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