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Insectivorous Plants

Note ** — Chapter IV · THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.

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It appears that cold-blooded animals are, as might have been expected, far more sensitive to an increase of temperature than is Drosera. Thus, as I hear from Dr. Burdon Sanderson, a frog begins to be distressed in water at a temperature of only 85° Fahr. At 95° the muscles become rigid, and the animal dies in a stiffened condition. [page 75]

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