<p>Original caption: "Figure 3. Effect of dilution on the viscoelastic properties of the digestive fluid.
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The red dotted vertical line materializes the abrupt transition in capture rate for insects (see Fig. 1b). <b>(a)</b> Extensional viscosity (white squares) and shear viscosity (white circles) of the pure fluid and diluted solutions, normalized by the shear viscosity of water (solid line, η<sup>water</sup> = 0.0012 Pa.s, measured in the same condition). Shear viscosity is plotted for ў = 40 s<sup>−1</sup> and extensional viscosity is plotted for E = 4, the typical shear rate and extensional strain of the fluid imposed by insect motion respectively. <b>(b)</b> Elastic relaxation time λ of the pure fluid and diluted solutions (M±min-max of 10 fluids from 10 pitchers of 7 plants)."
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Gaume, L. &amp; Y. Forterre 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001185">A Viscoelastic Deadly Fluid in Carnivorous Pitcher Plants</a>. <i>PLoS ONE</i> <b>2</b>(11): e1185.