Comments on: Ginormous Rodent-Eating Plant Discovered in Philippines

By: jibi

jibi — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:59:15 +0000

yeah! It is only a Makahiya weed, “makahiya” meaning “Shy” in Filipino. There are lots of them in almost any weedy spots in the Philippines. Im surprised to read that some people are surprised by this plant. I think it only exists in tropical places.

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By: noah

noah — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:05:35 +0000

actually,tina, the tickle me plant you mentioned is a kind of weed here in the philippines.We call it here ‘MAKAHIYA’.I still remember my mom asking me to remove it in our garden.I was amazed when i found out that it is considered as a house plant.Well,I and my siblings usually play with it when we were still young but we often end up punctured and hurt by its thorns.haha…

By: nilesh

nilesh — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:08:25 +0000

yah that is cool i wonder if it keeps on eat hamsters and other garbage it might get big man i might start eating biger things like skunks and then its seeds will also eat that and then it might start eat other bigger animals like ponysand cats and dogs and then loins and tigers and then other srcaps like stupid human then elephants and then girafss and then it might start eating trees and holly like when it starts eating the whole forest we will haveto kill but we cant so we make a lake of beer but we makeit into cude and then when it eats it it get knocked out and we dig it up capture it and put it in the zoo and then instead of killing murderers we season them up like we put butter salt and peper on them and tie them the a wall and when the man eating plant smells it it gets hungry and every body can watch the person screaming and yelling help help and then the plant eats him dat would be awesome MAN XD>; PHYCO YAH DRUNKER OH YAH OH YAH HAPPY JANAM ASHTAMI

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:48:10 +0000

Another plant that is making headlines from the Philippines is the TickleMe Plant. The TickleMe plant wont hurt a fly but it will instantly close its leaves and lower its branches when Tickled! Now it can easily be grown as a house plant year round. I first saw it on CSI NY and now you can see an amazing video and grow your own at http://www.ticklemeplant.com. I ordered the TickleMe Plant Greenhouse. I think it will make a great Christmas gift and they say the seeds are good for over a year.