Sheep-Eating Plant Puya Chilensis Grows In UK (PHOTO)

Believe it or not — there exist a sheep-eating plant formally called as Puya chilensis that, yes, kills and “eats” sheep. It has bloomed for the first time at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden Wisley in the U.K. since it was planted 15 years ago.

According to BBC, the plant uses its sharp spines to snare and trap sheep and other animals, which slowly starve to death. The animals then decay at the base of the plant, acting as a fertilizer.

The plant has bright greeny-yellow flowers on tall spikes above the razor-sharp spines.

“I’m really pleased that we’ve finally coaxed our Puya chilensis into flower,” said horticulturalist Cara Smith.

“We keep it well fed with liquid fertiliser as feeding it on its natural diet might prove a bit problematic.

“It’s growing in the arid section of our glasshouse with its deadly spines well out of reach of both children and sheep alike.”