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Walls keep insect feet from stickingpitcher plants
The internal walls of pitcher plants prevent insects from escaping by clogging their feet with a flaky, waxy substance and being rough.
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Hairs cause loss of footingmarsh pitchers
The leaves of marsh pitchers guide insects into a water trap via long, slippery hairs.
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Hooks adhere to woolly coatsburdock
The calyx of the burdock attach to the woolly animal coats via scales tipped by incurved hooks.
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Sticky hairs capture insectsRoridula plant
Sticky secretions from leaf hairs of Roridula plants help capture insect prey via a multi-step adhesive capture process.
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Light helps capture insectsglow worms
Special organs in glow worms help lure insects to their sticky silk threads using bioluminescence.
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Attachments cling to intestinal wallpork tapeworm
The headlike segment of a pork tapeworm attaches to a host's intestinal wall using suckers and sometimes hooks.
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Durable adhesive traps preyflypaper plant
Traps of the flypaper plant capture prey via a super sticky, superbly water repellant, long lasting, adhesive.
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Sperm cap physically attachessquids
Spermatophore of squid attaches for evagination using a spiral filament anchor and perforation.
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Detachable bristles immobilize antsPolyxenid millipede
Caudal tufts of bristles on the Polyxenid millipede immobilize predators (ants) because the detachable bristles have grappling hooks on the end and barbs along the shaft that promote entangling.
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Adhering to multiple substratesblackberry
Spines of blackberries adhere to multiple substrates by having a sharp, backward-pointed structure.
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Feather parts reattachbirds
Feather filaments of birds connect to each other with interlocking hooks.
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Suction used to attach to preylamprey
The jawless mouth of a lamprey attaches to prey using suction.
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Optical illusion may attract insectstitan arum
The spathe of the titan arum may attract insects by creating an optical illusion of radiating bright light, using a delicate shading of red pigment that turns to white at the very bottom.
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Tentacles catapult insectssouthern Australian sundew
Snap-tentacles on leaf of southern Australian sundew capture ground prey by catapulting them to their center via a touch-sensitive head.
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Leaf surface traps bed bugskidney bean
Trichome structures on surface of leaves of kidney bean plants trap bed bugs by having stiff tips that impale mechanically vulnerable locations on the bugs' legs.
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Leaves rapidly snap shutVenus flytrap
The leaves of the Venus flytrap snap shut and trap prey within milliseconds by turning physical signals into electrical signals.
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Buckling valve sucks in preybladderwort
Tiny transparent capsules found on bladderworts trap small prey via a resettable, vacuum-driven valve mechanism.