A carnivorous Pitcher plant

I saw these cool plants on my way up the mountain. The trap contains a fluid of the plant's own production, which may be watery or syrupy and is used to drown the prey. The lower part of the trap contains glands which absorb nutrients from captured prey. Along the upper inside part of the trap is a slick waxy coating which makes the escape of its prey nearly impossible.Above the peristome is a lid this keeps rain from diluting the fluid within the pitcher.

Kota kinabalu

April 10th 2007
we arrived in kota kinabalu (KK) in the early hours of the morning as we had traveled throughout the night on a bus from Simporna, luckily there weren’t many passengers on the bus so I got the prime spot at the back to lie across four empty seats, it was freezing with the air con blowing so I grabbed my sleeping bag from the boot and slept the whole journey. I only rolled off the seat once when ... read more

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more

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