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Are man eating plants in Madagascar a real thing? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is the single biggest curiosity of mine since childhood.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In his 1955 book, Salamanders and other Wonders, science author Willy Ley determined that the Mkodo tribe, Carl Liche, and the Madagascar man-eating tree all appeared to be fabrications: "The facts are pretty clear by now. Of course the man eating tree does not exist. There is no such tribe."

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

"man-eating" I thought that OP was asking if men eating plants was normal

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

well I think we can safely assume there must be at least one vegetarian there

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I heard a rumor that even non-vegetarians can eat salad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

so they say

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

No, but there should be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The whomping willow has more truth to it than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I wish, but no. I thought the same thing as a kid, was such a wild idea.