Secrets Of Nature - Abnormal Methods Of Nutrition (1930-1939)

British Instructional Films presentation. “Sundew“ - C/U of the plant. Finger points to three clumps of Sundew. Flower stalk growing seen through time lapse. C/U of one of the plant’s seed pods in X-ray. Unusual leaves of the plant form its unusual method of nutrition. The leaf opens seen in time-lapse. A leaf is rotated in C/U. Very bizarre looking. Fingertip touches the leaves to show how sticky they are. Fly seen caught on the outer tentacles of leaf. The tendrils close up, trapping the fly and covering it with sticky fluid. Another leaf seen closing around a fly. “Toadstool and Mushroom“ - fungi seen growing in time lapse. Eye of a needle containing fungi spores is put under a microscope to show how tiny they are. Spores seen highly magnified. Spore growing in time lapse. Spores grow to form a “thin mat“ from which the fungus grows upwards. Fungus seen growing up through the earth. Mushroom section (a model). Pencil points to the gills of the mushroom then a tiny portion is taken t