While some of the salamanders survived in the bells for 19 days, others went from alert, active and swimming in the pitcher fluid to dead in three days.
A pitcher plant with a trapped salamander inside of it, photographed by scientists in Algonquin Provincial Park.In 2017, the researchers looked at 144 pitcher plants and found eight baby salamanders inside: 6 alive and 2 dead. In August and September 2018, the team looked at 58 plants and found 20 percent had baby salamanders trapped inside. Some contained more than on salamander.is also known to eat flies, beetles, and hymenopterans—an order of insects that include bees and ants.
While some of the salamanders survived in the bells for 19 days, others went from alert, active and swimming in the pitcher fluid, to dead in three days. The researchers concluded that the frequency of pitcher plants capturing salamanders suggests the animals are likely a"substantial nutrient source for pitcher plants."
A statement released by the University of Guelph reporting the finding jokingly dubbed the wetland studied by the teamAlex Smith, associate professor at the University of Guelph Department of Integrative Biology, explained in a statement the amphibians were likely lured to the plants by insects or while fleeing predators. The plants could also take advantage of young salamanders who have transformed from larvae and try and fail to make it on to land.
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