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strangled down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils one after another, like great green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swiftness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey.
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trees, are humanoid elementals made of plant materials with chlorophyll for blood. They ensnare their victims with vines before using one of their vines to stab them to death. They can make vines shoot out from their hands as well as from their feet. They are slow-moving, but strong creatures, able
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plant, known as "Devil's Snare" which entangles and crushes anything that exhibits movement within reach of its tendrils. Devil's Snare apparently does not consume its prey, as on at least one occasion the victim is discovered still whole after being killed by the
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663:"The Dirt: Myths about man-eating plants - something to chew on"
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Spencer, Edmund (August 1888). Somers, Frederick Maxwell (ed.).
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581: – Animal or mythical creature that feasts on human flesh
575:– Yōkai tree in Japanese folklore said to live on human blood
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769:. New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Company. pp.
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634:"Crinoida Dajeeana, The Man-eating Tree of Madagascar"
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484:and was brought back and eventually nurtured in
290:"The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (1894) by
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621:. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 109,154–155.
1140:Fforde, Jasper (Publisher) (8 February 2010).
661:Ron Sullivan and Joe Eaton (27 October 2007).
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1165:The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena
1116:Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron
900:Besant, Annie, ed. (15 September 1891).
615:"Wonderful Stories: The Man-eating Tree"
442:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
428:Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron
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921:Special Telegram (9 December 1889).
839:Stead, William, ed. (October 1891).
632:Spencer, Edmund (26–28 April 1874).
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687:Spencer, Edmund (27 October 1874).
563: – Plants that consume animals
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993:White, Fred M. (September 1899).
790:. Viking Press. pp. 178–182.
332:(1967) features a mad scientist (
1146:(YouTube video). Fforde, Jasper.
264:"The Man-Eating Tree" (1881) by
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406:"The Sagebrush Kid" (2008) by
301:"The Purple Terror" (1899) by
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750:The Wilds of Madagascar
667:San Francisco Chronicle
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413:Fine Just the Way It Is
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561:Carnivorous plant
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543:Kinoshimobe
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451:constrictor
398:Little Shop
292:H. G. Wells
1209:Categories
672:26 October
600:References
430:(2012) by
364:Enemy Mine
321:Dick Tracy
122:Madagascar
927:The Times
724:0362-4331
579:Man-eater
505:The Ruins
482:Nicaragua
418:sagebrush
382:(musical)
342:Get Smart
326:The film
316:traveler.
235:Nicaragua
190:ya te veo
160:Willy Ley
86:legendary
1220:Folklore
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1066:18 March
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114:explorer
907:Lucifer
573:Jubokko
547:Jubokko
486:Kolkata
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