The South African sundew plant entraps insects with its viscous hairs.
The leaves of this plant are full of long, red hairs. The tips of these hairs are covered
with a fluid that has a smell that attracts insects. Another feature of the fluid is its
being extremely viscous. An insect that makes its way to the source of the smell gets
stuck in these viscous hairs. Shortly afterwards the whole leaf is closed down on the
insect that is already entangled in the hairs and the plant extracts the protein essential
for itself from the insect by digesting it.
The endowment of a plant with no possibility of moving from its place
with such a faculty is no doubt the evident sign of a special design. It is impossible for
a plant to have developed such a hunting style out of its own consciousness or will, or by
way of coincidence. So, it is all the more impossible to overlook the existence and might
of the Creator Who has furnished it with this ability.
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Above: An open Sundew. Below: A closed one.