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If you read Constance Casey’s fascinating column on the predatory dodder plant in February, you may be interested in checking out dodder in action. Robert Krulwich, who writes the Krulwich Wonders blog for National Public Radio, writes about dodder and focuses on the same phenomenon Casey mentioned in her column—its ability to “sniff out” its prey, in this case, tomato plants. Krulwich illustrates his piece with fun sketches like the one at left, and he also includes a 30-second horror movie for tomato plants, where dodder creeps its way toward its unsuspecting victim before strangling the life out of it. Who says plants are boring?
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