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A really interesting video that can be used to teach natural selection. Discusses many of the behaviors of plants that help them to survive, thrive and reproduce.

SciShow describes the fascinating science of Darwin's little darlings: meat-eating plants. Learn about their many different types, how they catch and eat their prey, and how scientists think they evolved.

Discover one of the most unique hunters of the plant kingdom, and witness how the cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps.

Female snapping shrimps are more aggressive than males, frequently snapping their deadly claws at each other, a study has shown.

Researchers in the US had expected male shrimps - which brandish a larger snapping claw - to behave more aggressively.

But despite their smaller claw size, females snapped more often when defending their territory.