Ironicle...

Pitcher Plants, Butterworts, Sundews, Venus Flytraps = Carnivorous Plants. Each with their own unique method of capturing insects with provide nourishment, these plants are quite fascinating.

One might look at these plants and think of the unique designs each plant posseses and the incredible detail each is given. The specific colors as well as the structural design each was given to best suit its survival is nothing short of truely amazing.

The hard aspect of these magnificent creations is the seeming hypocricy of their existence. Plants and flowers have always been gifts shared with someone cared for in the hope of bringing a smile to their face, or beauty to a home. When was the last time you send someone a Venus Flytrap?

The question is this. If the common life cycle of a plant is a mundane and "peaceful" one, why would G-d create just a few plants that survive primarily on the destruction of other creatures?

(for some pictures: http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/dionaea/dmusc19.jpg, http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/nepenthes/nbica01.jpg, http://www.hungryplants.nl/images/Gallery/AS3bSxJudyPJplants.gif)