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The Carnivorous Plant, also known in the videogame as the Root of all Evil, is a minor antagonist in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs/Ice Age 3, where it shows up in Jungle of Misery.
Biology[]
What looks like a mossy patch of ground with tasty looking fruit, is a deadly prehistoric carnivorous plant. It lifts it's prey into into the air with long vines, then drops them into the space between it's huge red petals and engulfs its prey. It will begin to secrete digestive juices that will start filling up the plant and result in symptoms such as tingling, itching and others before being disolved after a few minutes. The only way to survive is to swim to the bottom and cut open the round lump down there. Inside, there are two capillary stems; cutting the red one will result in the plant constricting its victims more tightly, however. It will shut on its prey in an airtight seal as it sinks into the ground while digesting much more rapidly. On the other hand, the blue one, when cut, causes the plant to open explosively, thus freeing its victims. This also appears to kill the plant.
When these actions are not undertaken, the plant is said to digest its victims in about three to five minutes.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[]
Diego and Manfred were nearly eaten by one such giant plant, and are warned that they will by nothing but bones in 3 minutes, before Buck squeezes in, and cuts the red stem. The plant began sinking into the ground squeezing the trapped trio tightly and very nearly digesting them before Buck is just able to cut the blue one and the plant regurgitates them out. A few other types of carnivorous plants, which look like pitcher plants with retractable eye stalks, make brief appearances.
Trivia[]
- Buck's composure as the plant tried to eat Manny and Diego and his knowledge of how he can defeat the plant means that he has had to deal with them several times before. However, Buck's obvious asthonisment at the sight of the two capillary systems and the fact that he didn't know what would happen if he severed the red one implied that the carnivorous plants Buck had encountered in the past didn't have this feature.
Video Game[]
The plant appears in the video game based on the movie where it is the first true boss. It appears in the tenth level of the game which is called "Root of all Evil".
It has several battle stages.
Once Buck manages to destroy its petals he must reach the core and save Manny and Diego.
The plant also makes several hich-pitched screeches during the battle.
Another type of carnivorous plant appears in Ice Age Village, presented as a large red flower with a vine in the center that ends in an acorn-shaped lure.
It is specialized to hunt saber-toothed squirrels, and can be seen repeatedly capturing and eating them in the game.