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Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer's video: Drosera glanduligera: Catapult Ontogeny Katapult-Ontogenese

@Drosera glanduligera: Catapult Ontogeny / Katapult-Ontogenese
(English subtitles) Die Katapult-Leimfalle von Drosera glanduligera schleudert Beutetiere in 75 Millisekunden in ihr klebriges Blattzentrum. Einzigartig ist nicht nur der als Trittschalter funktionierende abgehobene Tentakelkopf und die sich beim Katapultieren durch hohen Druck selbst zerstörende Gelenkzone, sondern die gesamte Ontogenese, also Entwicklung der schnellen Katapulte. Die Sämlinge bilden anfangs reine Leimfallen ohne Katapultfunktion. Nur bei dieser stammesgeschichtlich sehr alten Art lässt sich in den folgenden 3-4 Wochen unter dem Mikroskop eine bemerkenswerte Metamorphose der immer länger werdenden Marginaltentakel beobachten. Mit jedem neuen Blatt wandeln sich die Tentakelköpfe zunehmend von Leimdrüsen über halbfertige Zwischenformen hin zu den drüsenfreien und trockenen Katapultköpfen. Gleichzeitig entwickelt sich die arttypische Gelenkzone für die hydraulisch angetriebene Katapultbewegung im unteren Drittel des Tentakelstiels. Aber egal wie kompliziert dies klingen mag: Es macht einfach Spaß diese katapultierenden Sonnentau beim Beutefang zu beobachten! ---------------------------------- The catapult-flypaper trap of D. glanduligera is able to fling prey within 75 milliseconds into its sticky leaf center. Unique is not only its raised tentacle head that works like a foot trigger and its hinge zone that destroys itself due to the sudden release of high internal pressure during catapult action, but also its ontogeny with the development of the rapid catapults. In the beginning, the seedlings develop straight glue traps without catapult function. Only this phylogenetically comparatively "old" species shows during the following 3-4 weeks a remarkable metamorphosis of the successively elongating marginal tentacles. With every new leaf, the tentacle heads change increasingly from glue producing glands through intermediate forms into the eglandular and dry catapult heads. Simultaneously, the typical hinge-zone for the hydraulically powered catapult movement develops in the basal third of the tentacle stalk. Well, no matter how complicated that may sound: It is simply fun to observe the prey capture in these catapulting sundews!

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