Predatory Plants: Lure of the Cobra Lily

Discover one of the most unique hunters of the plant kingdom, and witness how the cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps.
Learn more at KQED Science: goo.gl/X1UR8l

[@notareallin620]

Carnivorous plant to insects. "You bite me, I eat you."

[@mayonnaisequeen1513]

I laughed at this too much

[@kosayen2]

Nari S. Lin wrong neighbourhood nigga

[@Enonymouse_]

Bug: You taste good, chomp! Plant: So do you, yoink!

[@UGUNII]

Every bug is gangster until a plant decides to eat it for a meal. 😂😂

[@Blio_]

Nari S. Lin how have humans not developed this strategy And they say we’re the most advanced species

[@kennethkustren9381]

Yeah, I remember the last time I was eaten by a salad.

[@divisejohnson1951]

Kenneth Kustren Sedgehun?

[@jamesweir2943]

it’s a shame the global warming hoaxers have ruined fact-based science with ‘consensus’ based assessments.

[@sventer198]

😂

[@Cygnus0lor]

Are you a buddhist?

[@Sunlight-zx2ur]

Lmao

[@RingoRoad]

"imagine sitting down and eating a salad-" lost me

[@datboidego]

They should’ve named it “ come on in I got some candy”

[@UglyPotato34]

Pretty much any carnivorous plant

[@UglyPotato34]

@LaumiRez lol

[@bigbrother4123]

@LaumiRez Or you can name it in actual Latin: Intra habeo dulcia

[@KQEDSCIENCE]

*Predatory Plant: Lure of the Cobra Lily* One of the most unique hunters of the plant kingdom is the cobra lily, or _Darlingtonia californica_. Witness how it uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps in our latest KQED Science video. See photos and learn more from producer Josh Cassidy at KQED Science: goo.gl/lMtmQg

[@henryrivas2525]

Nice

[@toyfunpetsandgameplayvideos]

KQED

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

Go back to making content like this, please. Honestly, this video was excellent in every way. Your brand new stuff? Not even watchable. constructive brutal honesty in criticism is a commodity these days stranger, take it where you can.

[@kaitlinhensley3081]

Barry Rice is the best professor, i took every class he offered and had no idea he had these videos and books

[@nintendopepokemonfreakrube490]

they should have called it cobra pitcher plant then

[@mcmh9523]

Its flower does strongly resemble conventional lily flowers though. It's quite beautiful.

[@giancarlo2363]

Cobra Lily sounds better

[@leeonardodienfield402]

humans are romantic like that.

[@originalname28]

I actually like that name better.

[@ScionStorm1]

*Darling Cobra*

[@holypain8152]

Send it to a Vegetarian or Vegan, and tell them that even plants eat meat.

[@deepboyz3853]

Hahahahah nice idea😂😂😂😂

[@holypain8152]

@@HighFlyinAFGuy and I was joking try to have some sense of humor.

[@dyson2736]

@@holypain8152 nice try champ. think about what you have to say before you say it next time, now go put your nose in the corner.

[@Abhi-hq5xw]

People can eat what they want, their money, their lifestyle

[@Abhi-hq5xw]

Oh shoot, u were joking, ma bad

[@DieFlabbergast]

Next up - The Killer Salad from Mars!

[@aves4081]

If someone thinks plants are boring they they should check out so many types of carnivorous plants. They are so interesting and fascinating!

[@OmniversalInsect]

Pretty much any living thing is interesting if you study it in enough complexity

[@xxtwobitxx]

Are they still thriving with alot of the drought that's being in the west coast?

[@JoeandAngie]

Aaaand the plants survived the drought. Climate Hoax not coincide with stubborn plants not dying as predicted.

[@foxcheetah6035]

+llymphs What makes you think the droughts were a hoax?

[@pivinne5536]

llymphs droughts in a specific area did not kill an entire species which also exists in Oregon as per the video. Make no mistake though, lots of plants did die, and climate change is killing coral reefs, making droughts worse in places like India and more extreme storms like the hurricanes hitting the US are becoming more and more frequent n

[@chillville5571]

I thiink the reasoon coral reafs are dieng off is because there is a massive gold mining operation in africa and south america and they use murcury and acid to seperate the gold tthen they just dump the waist in the river then it goes out to the ocean. It is killing everything and everyone. We will soon feal the effects and if nothing is done this world will be doomed, mark my words!

[@uncommongaming1490]

@@chillville5571.....

[@Lemons4653]

I never thought I would experience being vored by a plant

[@nullpoint3346]

The villain Poison Ivy.

[@zay_rat8942]

Yes officer, this post.

[@ScarabKing143]

The Legend of Lily Cobra There was once a lazy cobra. Rather went out to find food, he just relax on the lily pad. The fairy got mad. And boom! The fairy turned him to a Lily Cobra.

[@BlissfulBluebell]

Geez... Had to make that salad comment huh... *Adds to list of why I can't eat a salad today... might eat me* 🤣🤣

[@cgillis3989]

The writhing fluid at the bottom was actually like... Nightmare fuel XD

[@TJEpicMedia]

This makes me never want to take my shoes off.

[@ace-pb3jg]

There needs to be an updated version of this video with propwr information. Darlingotnia californica has been founs to secret 1 digest enzyme type, that was unknown before. The fangs it produces is actually produced for added chlorophyl, the fangs have the highest chlorophyll density out of the entire plant, and a study was done to see if it plays any role in the amount of bugs or the diversity of bugs it preys upon and in fact it does not at all. With fangs and without fangs (cut off) the plant still preys on the same amount of food and the same type of food. This suggests that the fangs have nothing to do with cathcing prey and all to do with storing energy from the sun.

[@RobertMCroft]

I grow these plants as well as sundews. My sundews like chocolate the best but if I give them too big a piece it will rot the delicate pads.

[@Music-xb2lx]

Never thought I’d be freaked by a plant😂

[@Timmsy]

About the only time I've ever felt sorry for a fly

[@jacquelinereed3528]

Timmsy Yeah, me too. You know they are scared, desperate to get free. Makes me sad.

[@seanclark6438]

It’s interesting how with most ecosystems plants are at the bottom of the food chain usually referred to as the produce, yet here we have an ecosystem where the plant is predating and so the top carnivore

[@AfiqYap]

*Imagine sitting down having a salad and letting that salad eat you*

[@covodex516]

insert "in soviert russia..." comment here.

[@barbiquearea]

Sounds like Rand McNelly where hamburgers eat people.

[@disgracedsphinx3494]

I'm still mind blown that the lily evolved to have transparent spots to confuse the insects

[@ornellaorigami]

This is so cool! ✨ beautiful footage 🤓

[@kirin7452]

The insects descend to the deep depth of the abyss

[@cindyrudolph4356]

The plants are gorgeous!!! 💚

[@devonshirerussell4485]

The ammount of plants has gone down alot recently, although im not sure why. i moved to Quincy CA in 2009 and the whole valley used to be covered in them now its oly the northwest corner of butterfly valley that has alot of them. I always thought it was crazy how they survived such snowy winters.

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

Probably that crap they’ve been spraying in the air for years.. toxic, unnatural stuff

[@devonshirerussell4485]

Shuddup past Devon

[@bakralkarawi9977]

" imagine sitting in front of a salad and that salad eats you." 😂 I'm dead.

[@Giantshredder]

Cobra Lily: The Sarlacc Pit for insects.

[@positrondecay4784]

Is it related to other pitcher plants or did it evolve independently?

[@Molhedim]

@Positron Decay sarracenia evolved independently from other pitcher plants like heliamphora or nepenthes.

[@johnwriterpoet1783]

A fascinating topic.

[@BlissfulBluebell]

Oregon got the short stick once again huh 😂😂 can't even get an evil plant

[@BlissfulBluebell]

@ the name. I dare you not to use Google and thinking of products/methods/ideas named after Oregon 😂 Good luck mate

[@TheTruthUSA]

PNW is by far the most crucial forest in our country

[@normanselamat2977]

From beginning i can't see the plant. Your camera too close to the plant.

[@kidsartandcraftbymenaal8777]

Cobra lily looks like a man seeing you and both leaves like hands

[@diegogarcia2515]

Can you make one of Dionaea Muscipula?

[@wm4506]

What is the music used towards the end?!?

[@webad00]

New drinking game. Take a shot every time a nature channel says climate change.

[@Trump_Doesnt_Wipe]

One shot; he mentioned the future results of climate change once.

[@zactaylor2376]

Victry bell is that you?

[@someoneontheinternetsequel1538]

Victry bell?

[@malcolmcrumblin2398]

So, Dragon Lilly's are the real estate/ car sales-person of the plant world?

[@darkangelhatesyou]

Im from California and I had no clue we had plants like these!!

[@lilaclizard4504]

yup you have some awesome ones! Even venus flytraps are native to & unique to America (US)

[@jackwhitetron]

They're stunning

[@Bmore2Htown]

Starting a boycott against these plants. *Bug murder is INHUMANE!* 🐛

[@donutgalaxy2115]

This is BEYOND INTERESTING👏😱

[@Razzy1312]

Most pitcher plants just have a vat of acid to kill the bug and digest it. This one has a collection of tiny bugs that eat the prey and that's terrifying.

[@jeansimard6944]

Great video. Absolutely loved it.

[@a_m5115]

Absolutely fascinating creatures

[@ColdHawk]

Which one is the plant that eats Asian Tiger Mosquitos? Point that one out to me please!

[@MONEEBAnArtist]

The last line was "D U M B"

[@fij715]

When you eat pineapple it releases an enzyme that starts to digest the inner cell wall of your mouth. Pineapples are in fact also carnivorous plants.

[@arcanaxiii6665]

I'm thinking of some carnivorous plants for around my house. In the kitchen and the bedroom in particular; lots of flies and mosquitoes

[@mmik9683]

What beautiful scenery

[@AlexSerenylan]

Okay the "salad eats YOU" analogy is incomplete.. it's more like if you went to Olive Garden, saw a table with the unlimited salad out, smelled some breadsticks and figured you would help yourself... and only when you realized that Olive Garden was actually a fernbush you noticed the floor was slowly sinking into a basement of worms who were going to eat you .. and then the restaurant was going to consume their excrement.

[@wcz2891]

eating a salad after watching this. na na na naaaaaah may i rethink that

[@UGUNII]

wcz no it won’t hurt to take a bite .. 😂😂😉

[@volvos70t51]

wonderful video!

[@rapcat1271]

The plant has a 😐 face at 3:52

[@treestump4537]

Thank you

[@jceezy214]

Sounds like a demon

[@medicwaffles]

Holy shit that’s Barry Rice!

[@mechasentai]

Just beautiful.

[@thefacebiters]

Update?

[@TammieAbusedNotBrokenRecovered]

So cool!! Very interesting!

[@dylanbinu10352]

So that’s what it must look like when Cell absorbs you

[@theatm1296]

How are the plants today? 2019

[@devonshirerussell4485]

The plants arent doing as well as they were 10 years ago. Im not sure when this video was made. But when i moved to Quincy CA there were tons of them in butterfly valley. But now they are mostly in the north west corner.

[@ConservationMediaLLC]

Awesome! Good work!

[@deltabravolima1514]

Nature is Amazing!!

[@perez9619]

There's a few flat earthers in here.

[@haywards50000]

Why do you call it lily???????

[@robertcoulson483]

Excellent!

[@tylerkeller8869]

I've lived in Oregon my entire life. It is one of the most beautiful places in the United States. We have it all. We have forests. We have coastlines that have SPECTACULAR dunes. We have mountains. We have deserts. We have plains. We have incredibly GORGEOUS rivers (the North Umpqua being my favorite).And, of course... we have Portland, a brewers heaven. The Marijuana culture, the food carts, the restaurants the indie music scene, the freedom of expression, the books, donuts & bikes. It is one of the most beautiful places of all 50 states. It is a paradise.

[@bufaloguerreiro7573]

You just gave it the most amazing description Then when it comes to Portland it sounds just another urbanite dwelling city

[@thecrazerkid2146]

Why didn't you show the venus fly trap

[@thecrazerkid2146]

Deborah landscaper dont ask what my KZbin name is and thanks for telling

[@thecrazerkid2146]

But there sundews

[@toyfunpetsandgameplayvideos]

1:28 Pause U Will Get An Old Man.

[@toasto]

✯Toy Fun✯ wat

[@brianmitchell5043]

Who noticed the letters "A B P" on right side of middle hood at 5:06??

[@k.ganesanganesan6825]

Proves Plants and animals have same powers.

[@austinstillman8737]

The music is low key heat.

[@nickneal6021]

It's similar to how pineapple acid technically eats you while you eat it. Best 69 ever WAIT WUT

[@divamedmama]

Go Victreebel!

[@klaudiajulia6209]

Darlingtonia californica🤩

[@brianholloway1451]

Where can you buy them illegally in Australia

[@vagnersilva5465]

I wonder how this plants evolved

[@punintended8570]

In Oregon we call the plant a pitcher plant

[@kareninthevalley]

That's a different carnivorous fen plant.

[@sukirutacker9110]

Bugs never seem scared of me, so they always come toward for some reason. Especially cockroaches. Really need these carnivorous plant around me.

[@lilaclizard4504]

spiders are better for cockroach control. I have a huntsman in residence at every one of my doorways :) nepenthe seem quite able to catch & eat cockroaches to though :)

[@loading420]

@@lilaclizard4504 uuuhhh

[@greyroot00]

Now we only need predaplant orchis scorpio if you get what I mean

[@AfterAllWeAreHuman]

Victreebell??

[@josephhelms2362]

So basically they are one of the few photoheterotrophs taht exist in the world

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

Life finds a way

[@pedrofm30]

Cobra?

[@bruhbruh1848]

I want 1

[@mcmh9523]

Vegans' worst nightmare

[@rajababy2009]

This is the Work of a designer GOD atheist ..It is not a mare coincidence no matter how much you cry or deny GOD But He shows Himself every where through HIS signs ...

[@UnimpressedGoose]

Did you just assume gods gender? You’re going to hell

[@24ecko]

It's there any vegan eating plants out there? We need some in Southern California asap!

[@Jdwify]

The beauty of this video is just freaking awesome. I'm glad I ain't a bug ot I'd be on their menu.

[@BlueRice]

i wont be surprise if the light proton needs darkness to get is energy.

[@hambone4779]

If cobra lily is grown from seed will it still have the mites and larva for digestion?

[@borobrown7077]

Guys can you please tell me the name of the bug that appeared at 3:18 please...😢

[@jacquelinereed3528]

What a slow, horrific death for these insects. I know, it's nature...but I just don't want any living creature to suffer.

[@FeatheryBird]

Nothing equals the beauty of nature or California's envirorment. This is the antithesis of Los Angelos.

[@excop360]

this how women trap men

[@stjjnr980]

Your wisdom knows no bounds great one

[@groovybuddha667]

Underated comment of all time

[@juliannah5721]

I found the incel

[@precisiont5188]

True.

[@raaston9761]

@@juliannah5721 I found the idiot he is right marriage is a women's trap for men expessialy divorce where the men are fucked over

[@flargarbason1740]

In soviet Russia. Plants don’t eat you. You eat plants.

[@The_Mad_King]

You guys are good... it took me a second, but then i realized what was going on. My first thought was "DAMN IT IM LEARNING SHIT !!". This was just gross and cool enough that my second thought was "i guess im ok with that" Thanks J

[@PaulNewfield-PasadenaCAU-wb4xg]

So let's look at the evolutionary steps this plant went through to get to this final stage... 1. First, a single cell algae spontaneously generates into existence? 2. After millions of years, the single cell algae had some sort of genetic mutation, & all of a sudden there is a basic plant? 3. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves a "funnel" by complete chance, from accumulated random genetic mutations? 4. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves downward pointed hairs to keep insects inside it, from accumulated random genetic mutations? 5. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves to get Midge Larva, Slime Mites, & bacteria, living inside its funnel to digest the captured insects, from accumulated random genetic mutations? 6. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves a way to absorb the nutrients of the digested insects, from accumulated random genetic mutations? 6. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves nectar to attract insects into its funnel, from accumulated random genetic mutations? 7. After millions of years, the basic plant evolves transparent structures at the top of the funnel, allowing light to enter & trick insects into a trap, from accumulated random genetic mutations? YOU HAVE TO BE INSANE TO BELIEVE THIS EVOLUTIONARY BULLSH*T! THE IDEA THAT RANDOM GENETIC MUTATIONS COULD RESULT INTO PERFECTLY DESIGNED FUNCTIONING SYSTEM IS BEYOND ABSURD! Can you believe after all these millions of years of evolution...the Cobra Lily is ONLY LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA & OREGON?

[@AdhamOhm]

1 through 7 still sounds a lot more plausible than "God did it."