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Good articleProtocarnivorous plant has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
February 18, 2007Good article nomineeListed
May 15, 2007Peer reviewReviewed
February 17, 2010Good article reassessmentKept
Current status: Good article

Degrees of carnivory

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I have a small (and probably obsessive) semantic beef with the sentence, "Some contend that their intended purpose is to aid in pollination, adhering seeds to visiting pollinators." I know it is an easy linguistic trap, but my understanding is that evolution doesn't actually "intend" anything. Rather, "accidental" mutations become advantageous. I don't really know the scholarship on carnivorous plants, but this part seems like it could use an edit. maxsch 05:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's not obsessive at all! I've been looking for some quality, nitpicky feedback on this. And you're absolutely right. I'm by no means a writer so I appreciate those who point out my mistakes. (Hopefully I can avoid them in the future.) After reviewing that sentence, it sure was an easy linguistic trap to fall into. I'm glad you caught it. Feel free to fix whatever else you might find! --Rkitko (talk) 12:32, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Darlingtonia californica

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According to the Darlingtonia californica article, it's now considered a true carnivore. Andrewa (talk) 15:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]