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SUMMARY:A model of an insect in pitcher plant's digestive fluid - Masha Dv
 oriashyna (Cambridge)
DTSTART:20200306T130000Z
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CONTACT:George Fortune
DESCRIPTION:Pitcher plants are types of carnivorous plants that have leave
 s shaped as a pitfall trap with digestive fluid inside. Such plants derive
  most of their nutrients from consuming insects that fall into the trap\, 
 mainly owing to a slippery inner surface of the pitcher. It has been argue
 d that the digestive fluid\, which in some species is highly viscoelastic\
 , plays an important role in retaining the pray. In this talk I will discu
 ss a mathematical model of an insect leg moving in the fluid\, which aims 
 to estimate the amount of force required for the insect to escape. 
LOCATION:MR11\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Camb
 ridge
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