Wild Tobacco Plant Tricks Caterpillars for SelfDefense Nature on PBS
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=wunMErJJl00
To protect against herbivores, the wild tobacco plant deposits trichomes, sweet treats irresistible to but also potentially fatal for leaf-eating caterpillars. Shortly after ingesting the trichomes, the insect releases a particular odor that attracts ground-foraging predators. What Plants Talk About is available online at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature (Video limited to US Territories).
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