SUPER SLIPPERY! Pitcher Plant Biomimicry

How slippery can you get? Find out by studying Pitcher Plant and biomimicry! Special Thanks to: Dr. Tom Miller, Florida State University http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty.php?faculty-id=miller [Full Interview: https://youtu.be/x8BB6Zlxb00] Stefan Kolle, Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering https://wyss.harvard.edu/ [Full Interview: https://youtu.be/rsZxbfMpR5w] Links and references in video - (in order of appearance): Apalachicola National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/apalachicola Botanical Society of America http://botany.org/Carnivorous_Plants/ AskNature https://asknature.org/strategy/walls-keep-insect-feet-from-sticking/ Image: Species Richness and Trophic Diversity Increase Decomposition in a Co-Evolved Food Web http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020672 Genome of the pitcher plant Cephalotusreveals genetic changes associated with carnivory https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0059 Journal of Experimental Biology https://academic.oup.com/jxb Blackwell Publishing Ltd Modelling the relationship between a pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) and its phytotelma community: mutualism or parasitism? https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/290f/970aee45ecb01543dc6ae34b0f5feaa0d8fc.pdf https://aizenberglab.seas.harvard.edu/files/aizenberg/files/v9n4_spindrift_homeward_bound_hr.pdf Aizenberg Lab, Harvard University https://aizenberglab.seas.harvard.edu/ Wyss Institute SLIPS https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/slips-slippery-liquid-infused-porous-surfaces/ SLIPS Technologies http://slipstechnologies.com/ The Private Life of Plants http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0367zt3 Star Tribune: Infested Waters http://www.startribune.com/meet-the-scientists-fighting-the-spread-of-zebra-mussels-in-minnesota/425373843/ Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7592/full/nature16956.html Biomimicry 3.8 Design Lens https://biomimicry.net/the-buzz/resources/biomimicry-designlens/ All footage taken by David Madden with exceptions: The Secret Life of Plants, BBC, with Sir David Attenborough And the footage of ship hulls – used with permission from www.videoblocks.com Sounds: either recorded by me, or bought via www.epidemicsound.com Journal Citations: Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps Kyoo-Chul Park, Philseok Kim, Alison Grinthal https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7592/full/nature16956.html Genome of the pitcher plant Cephalotus reveals genetic changes associated with carnivory Kenji Fukushima-Xiaodong et al - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0059 Modelling the relationship between a pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) and its phytotelma community: mutualism or parasitism? N. Mouquet-T. Daufresne-S. Gray-T. Miller - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01421.x/full Species Richness and Food-Web Models Predict Species Abundances in Response to Habitat Change Nicholas Gotelli-Aaron Ellison - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570498/ Trophic Diversity Increase Decomposition in a Co-Evolved Food Web Benjamin Baiser-Roxanne Ardeshiri-Aaron Ellison - http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0020672 Walls keep insect feet from sticking : Tropical Pitcher Plants https://asknature.org/strategy/walls-keep-insect-feet-from-sticking/