WEIRD! A SHEEP EATING PLANT FOUND IN U.K

An exotic "sheep-eating" plant, so-
called because it kills and "eats" sheep,
has bloomed for the first time at the
Royal Horticultural Society's Garden
Wisley in the U.K.

The plant, known formally as Puya
chilensis, has been at the garden for
15 years. In that time, it has reached a
height of 10 feet and grown its
signature base of razor-sharp, hook-
shaped spines.

A BBC report, in its native habitat
of Chile, the plant uses the spines to
ensnare sheep and other small
animals. After they starve to death
and decompose, the animals nourish
the plant through the soil, acting as a
gruesome fertilizer.

Speaking of the plant's first-ever
flower, Cara Smith, a horticulturist at
the Garden Wisley attributed the
success to keeping the plant nourished
on a liquid fertilizer. "[F]eeding it on
its natural diet might prove a bit
problematic," she admitted.

Smith added, "Parents coming along
with small children [to see the flower]
don’t need to worry about the plant
devouring their little ones. It’s growing
in the arid section of our Glasshouse
with its deadly spines well out of reach
of both children and sheep alike.”