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{{Era|TS2U|TS3SE|TS4}}
{{Infobox object
|name= Laganaphyllis simnovorii (aka Cowplant)
|image= [[File:All Cowplants.jpg|250px]]
|game= ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', ''[[The Sims 3 Store]]'', ''[[The Sims Social]]'', ''[[The Sims 4]]''
|buy= Limited{{Vgversion|TS2:U}}, Buy mode{{Vgversion|Store}},
|price= None{{Vgversion|TS2:U}}, §450{{Vgversion|Store}}, 500 Social Points{{Vgversion|TS Social}}, §900{{Vgversion|TS4}}
|type1= Career reward{{Vgversion|TS2:U}}
|type2= Buyable object{{Vgversion|Store}}
|type3= Plantable seed{{Vgversion|TS4}}
|size= 3x3{{Vgversion|TS2:U}}, 2x3{{Vgversion|Store}}, 2x5{{Vgversion|TS4}}}}
The '''''Laganaphyllis simnovorii''''' (commonly known as the '''Cowplant''' or '''Cow Plant''') is a
It first appeared as the [[career reward]] for the [[Natural Science]] career in ''[[The Sims 2: University]]''. A vagely similar plant, simply called the "[[mutant plant]]", appeared in [[The Sims Bustin' Out (console)|''The Sims Bustin' Out'' for console]].
On December 22, 2011, the Cowplant was made available from ''The Sims 3 Store'' as premium content in the Killer Classics set; it also returns in ''[[The Sims 4]]'', where it becomes a plant that must be grown. The Cowplant was added to ''[[The Sims Social]]'' on Halloween 2011, where it was sold for 500 [[The Sims Social#Currency|Social Points]].
==The Sims 2==
<blockquote class="note">This bizarre bovine vegetation is large enough to swallow your next-door neighbor whole. In fact, it WILL eat your neighbors. Your friends will be hard-pressed to resist the tantalizing vine-cake of the
===Feeding===
{{Info|Note|If ''[[The Sims 2: Open for Business|Open for Business]]'' is installed, the Cowplant '''can''' eat a [[Servo#The Sims 2|Servo]]. This is one of the few ways in which a Servo can die.}}A Cowplant can be fed by clicking on it and selecting "Feed". When this is done, the Sim will take out a Leg 'O' Lamb, which costs §35, and throw it to the plant; sometimes playing with it or teasing it first. This action is not autonomous. Household Sims will ignore the plant unless it
Not being fed does not appear to have any negative effects on the Cowplant. However, it will attempt to capture and eat Sims if not fed every 12 Sim hours. The Cowplant will stick out its tongue, which contains a slice of cake, luring an unwary Sim close to the plant. It then devours the Sim, who dies immediately. Unusually, the [[Grim Reaper]] does not appear; the Cowplant simply spits out the grave. The Sim's [[Ghost#The Sims 2|ghost]] will be green.▼
▲Not being fed does not appear to have any negative effects on the Cowplant. However, it will attempt to capture and eat Sims if not fed every
Controllable Sims can be ordered to "Grab Cake", and will die if not stopped. However, the Cowplant will not eat Sims who stink due to low hygiene, even if they were told to take the cake.<ref group="n">The Cowplant has been known to reject Sims who do not have low hygiene. The reason for this has not been determined. See [[Talk: Laganaphyllis simnovorii#Cowplant (TS2) rejecting a Sim]] for discussion.</ref> Ungreeted walkbys will ignore the plant, as will most service [[Non-playable character|NPCs]] who are on the job. However, service NPCs such as [[Nanny|nannies]] who have idle time during their work day may be drawn to the Cowplant during that idle time. Since a locked gate may not stop an NPC such as a nanny, it may be a good idea to feed the Cowplant before they arrive.▼
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===Milking===
After a Cowplant has
The Ghost of the Sim that has been milked may gets angry and will haunt the Sim who drank it
[[Toddler]]s cannot interact with the Cowplant. [[Child|Children]] cannot take the vine-cake that the Cowplant offers, but may be able to play with it and milk it.▼
▲[[Toddler]]s cannot interact with the Cowplant. [[Child
===Notes===
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In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii can be bought as a premium content item as part of the Killer Classics set from [[TheSims3.com|''The Sims 3'' Store]] for 600 SimPoints. In-game, the plant costs 475 [[simoleon]]s.
When feeding the plant, Sims give it a swordfish, which, unlike the Leg O' Lamb in ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', that doesn't cost anything. The plant will display its cake when it has not been fed for 3 days, and Sims will be instantly drawn to it. Unlike ''The Sims 2: University'', the Cowplant will die if it is not fed for 7 days.<ref>https://modthesims.info/archive/index.php?t-464226.html</ref>
Once eaten, a Sim will die, although the plant will often spit the Sim back out if they have bad [[hygiene]], or has the [[Good]], [[Lucky]], [[Unlucky]], [[Brave]]
After a Cowplant has eaten a Sim, other Sims can choose to praise or scold it. They can milk the cow plant which will reset them to day one of their current [[life stage]], and will give them the "Divine Meal" moodlet with +75 mood for 7 days. If the Cowplant is not fed for a week, it will die of starvation and Sims can clean it up. With ''[[The Sims 3: Showtime|Showtime]]'', Sims can choose to throw a mini Cowplant at the stage; this will cost §475.
If ''[[The Sims 3: Supernatural|Supernatural]]'' is installed, the cowplant may eat [[Bonehilda]], but she will usually be spat out afterwards. Sometimes she may become a ghost.
As in ''The Sims 2'', [[toddler]]s cannot interact with the Cowplant, while [[child]]ren are able to play with it, milk it and eat the cake
===Related Merchandise===
A statue of a cowplant can be purchased for the same price of the actual product.
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==The Sims 4==
<blockquote class="note">This Galactic marvel makes an excellent source of food, cuddles and lifelong friendship. Become the envy of the Neighborhood! Just remember to feed it.</blockquote>
The Cowplant returns in the fourth installment of the series with some changes. Rather than being unlocked as a career reward or purchased as an item, the Cowplant is now obtained by collecting a rare berry, which can be planted in a garden or sold for §900. Also, the Cowplant no longer appears in a pot, unless it's placed indoors. As of [[The Sims 4/Patch 99|patch 99]], Cowplants can be named.▼
▲The Cowplant returns in the fourth installment of the series with some changes. Rather than being unlocked as a career reward or purchased as an item, the Cowplant is now obtained by collecting a rare berry, which can be planted in a garden. Also, the Cowplant no longer appears in a pot, unless it's placed indoors.
===Growth state===
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*Baby stage - After a few days, a tiny Cowplant is seen. When the Cowplant is in this stage, only basic plant interactions are available.
*Mature stage - In this stage, the Cowplant is fully matured. Sims can feed it, play with it, or pet it. If a Cowplant successfully devours a Sim, other Sims can milk the Cowplant for a special potion.
*Death - Twelve
{{Info|Note|Any time the controlled Sim is not at the same lot as the Cowplant, the lot is 'paused,' meaning the plant will not die from starvation until the controlled Sim returns to the lot.}}
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As in previous games, Sims feed the Cowplant meat, and a hungry Cowplant uses a cake to attract Sims so it can eat them. A Cowplant can only be fed when its tongue sticks out and the cake is visible.
When a Sim is eaten for the first time, the Cowplant will spit them out, and they will receive
When a Sim is devoured, a notification will pop up
===Milking===
As in previous games, a Cowplant that has successfully devoured a Sim can be milked. Milking a Cowplant yields a drink called "Essence of Life", which adds extra days to the Sim's life and instantly makes them happy.
Sims who survive being eaten by the Cowplant can milk it and receive a potion which will give them the emotions they had before being eaten. The name of the potion will be "''(Sim name)'s potion of (emotion that Sim was in)''".
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In ''[[The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff]]'', a minature cowplant can be bought from the catelog as a decoration. It sways just like normal cowplants, but doesn't need to be fed and doesn't die. Sims can also name it.
==Other references==
* The final class in the Biology [[Majors|major]] in ''The Sims 2: University'' is entitled "Senior Thesis: The Laganaphyllis Simnovorii".
* In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the [[Science#The Sims 3|Science]] career's 5th level is "Carnivorous Plant Tender". There is also a little stone statue of a Cowplant in the Goth Manor.
* If ''[[The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]]'' is installed, one of the wall hangings is an ancient tablet with a picture of a Cowplant being fed by ancient people. The description tells about how the Cowplant was treated in the old times.
* In ''[[The Sims 4]]'', one of the Monsters a child can draw is a Cowplant eating a Sim.
* In ''[[The Sims FreePlay]]'', a Cowplant can appear if gardening goes bad. They will eat a
==Trivia==
[[Image:Littleshop.poster.jpg|thumb|Audrey II/Junior]]
* The Cowplant is reminiscent of Audrey II, the plant in the 1986 comedy horror musical film ''[[wikipedia:Little Shop of Horrors (film)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs. People on YouTube use the plant for spoofs of the film.{{fact}}
* In terms of color, the Cowplant also resembles the ''Tomeato'' (A crossbreed of the tomato plant and a cow, which grew into a square shaped fruit) from The Dilbert Animated series. However, the Tomeato was designed as a harvestable crop which was easy to stack due to its rectangular shape, while the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii is a carnivorous plant.
* In ''The Sims 2: University'' and ''The Sims 3'', the Cowplant's scientific name (''Laganaphyllis Simnovorii'') is incorrectly capitalized; rules of [[Wikipedia:Binomial nomenclature#Writing binomial names|binomial nomenclature]] state that only the first name should be capitalized, not the second. Thus, the correct name for the plant would be ''Laganaphyllis simnovorii''.
** The genus name is derived from the words [[wiktionary:lagana|lagana]] (Latin for cake) and [[wiktionary:Phyllis|phyllis]] (Greek for foliage), while the species name means
* In ''The Sims 3'', sometimes the Grim Reaper will milk the Cowplant.
* In ''The Sims 3'', the players can watch a Cowplant eating a florist in Got Garden? channel on [[
* Death by Cowplant is recognized as a unique death in ''The Sims 4''. In ''The Sims 2'', a random death was chosen, while ''The Sims 3'' depicted it as a death from starvation.
*In ''The Sims 2,'' ghosts of Sims who were eaten by the plant will taunt it with a Leg 'O' Lamb
* In ''The Sims 4'', when the player renames a Cowplant, the default name that appears in the text box is "Little Simzee", a reference to [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_TYFButglZuuDbD-0Q_IzQ Lilsimsie], a YouTuber who campaigned for the ability to name Cowplants as a running joke in her videos.<ref name="Lilsimsie Cowplant video">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okBcqOutH58</ref>
*In ''The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff'', players can buy a minature cowplant inside a glass cage which they can name; the default names that appear are "Mini Simzee" another reference to Lilsimsie and "Mini Ryshella" a reference to, Risshella, who is Lilsimsie's close friend and fellow streamer.
==Gallery==
<tabber>
|-|Images =
<gallery widths="185">
Laganaphyllis Simnovorii.jpg
Laganaphyllis Simnovorii2.jpg|The Cowplant eating a Sim
TS3CP.jpg|Cowplant in ''The Sims 3''
LaganaphyllisSimnovoriiMouth.png
Lsimnovorii.jpg|Cowplant in ''The Sims Social''
TS4CowPlantConceptArt.png|Render of the Cowplant in ''[[The Sims 4]]''
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CowplantConsuming.png|Cowplant dragging a Sim into its mouth
Dead Cow Plant.jpg|A Dead Cowplant in ''The Sims 4''
Cowplant vomit.png|A Cowplant spitting out a Sim.
Essence-of-life.jpg|A Sim drinking another Sim's Essence Of Life after milking his Cowplant.
Essence-of-life_moodlet.jpg|The Essence Of Life Moodlet
</gallery>
|-|Videos =
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==References==
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[[ru:Жвачное растение]]
[[pl:Laganaphyllis Simnovorii]]
[[pt-br:Planta-Vaca]]
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[[Category:Objects that kill Sims]]
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