Spanish Fork Press | 1906-01-18 | Page 7 | Well Named Cannibal Plant

WELL NAMED CANNIBAL PLANT Nicaraguan Vegetable That Preys on Living Objects On tho shores of Lake Nicaragua > IBo IB-o bo found nn uncanny product of ho vegetable kingdom known among the natives by the expressive name of tho devils noose How delighted Poe would have been to make this cannibal plant tho subject of ono of his weird stories Dunstan the naturalist discovered It not long ago whllo wandering on the shores of the lake Attracted by cries of pain and terror from his dog he found the animal held by black sticky bands which had chafed the skin to the bleeding point These bands were branches of a newly discovered dis-covered carnivorous plant which has been aptly named the land octopus The branches are flexible black polished without leaves and secrete a viscid fluid They are also furnished with a great number of suckers with which they attach themselves to their victims It certainly deserves to be claimed as the octopus of the vegetable worldNew York Herald