Laganaphyllis simnovorii

The Laganaphyllis simnovorii (commonly known as the Cowplant or Cow Plant) is a partly carnivorous bovine form of vegetation that is large enough to swallow a Sim whole.
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 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 Social Points.
==The Sims 2==
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 carnivorous Laganaphyllis Simnovorii. After it has consumed some prey, milk it for sweet, rejuvenating nectar of life. A swig of this liquid refreshment will add precious days to a Sim's life and wash away any regret they may have over their visitor's fate.
===Feeding===
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 consumes someone or the player directs them to interact with 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 in-game 12 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 will be green.
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; this is because Maxis changed the code in the Open for Business expansion pack which playable sims currently not part of the household cannot die for whatever reason, this includes all other types of deaths.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. Ungreeted walkbys will ignore the plant, as will most service NPCs who are on the job. However, service Sims such as 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 service Sims such as a nanny, it may be a good idea to feed the Cowplant before they arrive.
===Milking===
After a Cowplant has eaten a sim, members of the owner's household can milk the plant. The "milk" is actually a life-extending drink similar to the Elixir of Life, extending the Sim's lifespan by five days. Unlike the Elixir of Life, children can drink it. Drinking the "milk" is sometimes referred to as drinking that Sim, and doing it gives the drinker a special memory. Sims may have a want to "drink" a certain Sim that they are unhappy with, even if the cowplant doesn't exist on the lot.. A Sim still can be resurrected if the cow been milked.
The Ghost of the Sim that has been milked may gets angry and will haunt the Sim who drank it
Toddlers cannot interact with the Cowplant. Children cannot take the vine-cake that the Cowplant offers, but may be able to play with it and milk it.
===Notes===
==The Sims 3==
Our fan favorite Laganaphyllis Simnovorii returns, as diabolically fun as you remember and with new gameplay you'll never forget! A swig of the milk of the Cow Plant adds days to your Sims' lives and washes away any regret you may have at the fate of the unsuspecting Sim from whom its created. Feed it, pet it, play with it, give it a treat, praise it and scold it to create a loving pet, or a ruthless henchman, the choice is yours, and the fate of your friends and neighbors is yours too.
In The Sims 3, the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii can be bought as a premium content item as part of the Killer Classics set from The Sims 3 Store for 600 SimPoints. In-game, the plant costs 475 simoleons.
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.https://modthesims.info/archive/index.php?t-464226.html
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 or Daredevil traits. The Cowplant will not eat babies, toddlers, children or imaginary friends that are turned real, but will eat teenagers and older. If the Sim does die, their ghost will be purple, as if they had starved. Unlike The Sims 2: University, the Grim Reaper will always come for these types of deaths.
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 Showtime, Sims can choose to throw a mini Cowplant at the stage; this will cost §475.
If 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, toddlers cannot interact with the Cowplant, while children are able to play with it, milk it and eat the cake, they are always spat out. 
===Related Merchandise===
A statue of a cowplant can be purchased for the same price of the actual product. The player can also buy Cow Plant themed Spring Rides or Arcade Machines. There is also an option to dress up as a Cow Plant during Spooky Day. 
==The Sims 4==
This Galactic marvel makes an excellent source of food, cuddles and lifelong friendship. Become the envy of the Neighborhood! Just remember to feed it.
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, eaten, or sold for §900. Also, the Cowplant no longer appears in a pot, unless it's placed indoors. As of patch 99, Cowplants can be named.
===Growth state===
Cowplants in The Sims 4 now have three different growth states, and can die.
*Sprout stage - When a Sim plants a Cowplant Berry, there are tiny horns appearing through the soil. Planting a Cowplant Berry does not require any Gardening skill.
*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 in-game hours after a Cowplant shows its cake tongue, and is not fed, it will die. A dead Cowplant has a dead stem with a hanging Cowplant skull. Cowplants cannot be saved after this stage.
===Feeding===
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 the Drained moodlet, saying that the Sim "feels like an emotionless shell." This negative moodlet will last two days. If a Sim with this moodlet attempts to eat the cake, the Cowplant will devour them. When this happens, the Grim Reaper will come and confront the Cowplant before checking his list. A gravestone of the dead Sim will appear, and the Reaper will then leave. The ghost of a Sim eaten by the Cowplant will make plants grow when happy but kill them when in a bad mood.
When a Sim is devoured, a notification will pop up: "(Sim name) is being devoured by a cow plant! Will he/she make it out alive?!"
===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)".
Drink	Name 	Notes
 	Essence of Anger 	+? Anger moodlet.
 	Essence of Boredom 	+? Bored moodlet.
 	Essence of Confidence 	+? Confident moodlet.
 	Essence of Daze 	+? Dazed moodlet.
 	Essence of Discomfort 	+? Uncomfortable moodlet.
 	Essence of Embarrassment	+? Emabarrassed moodlet.
 	Essence of Energy 	+? Energized moodlet.
 	Essence of Flirtation 	+? Flirty moodlet.
 	Essence of Focus 	+? Focused moodlet.
 	Essence of Happiness 	+? Happy moodlet.
 	Essence of Inspiration 	+? Inspired moodlet.
 	Essence of Life 	+3 Happy moodlet and adds a few days of life to the Sim.
 	Essence of Playfulness 	+? Playful moodlet.
 	Essence of Sadness 	+? Sad moodlet.
 	Essence of Stress 	+? Tense moodlet.
===Mini Cowplant===
In The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff, a miniature Cowplant can be bought from the catalog 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.
===Undead Cowplant===
 In The Sims 4: Life & Death, Undead Cowplants can be bought from the Mysterious Merchant, by purchasing them from the reward store for 8000 satisfaction points or are given randomly when successfully cleansing a ghostly infestation in one of the two abandoned houses in the Crow's Crossing neighborhood. Sims can also come across a NPC undead cowplant by the name of Percival the Patient in the neighborhood of Mourningvale within Ravenwood.
Undead cowplants function the same as normal cowplants, they can be fed, played with, named, and if not fed for a while will sprout a cake from their mouth. They naturally have a green color at all times except when they display their cake, which they will then turn red. Undead cowplants cannot die and will remain in their hungry red state displaying a cake until they're fed.
==Other references==
* The final class in the Biology major in The Sims 2: University is entitled "Senior Thesis: The Laganaphyllis Simnovorii".
* In The Sims 3, the 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 4: Werewolves, the Myshupotamians are mentioned to have tamed Cowplants to use as stationary sentinels of defense, and crossbred them as mobile attack units. They were also tamed by the Moocasters in response to Operation Eternal Flame, and served as mostly loyal companions in battle.
* In The Sims FreePlay, a Sim-Eating Plant resembling a Cowplant can appear if gardening goes bad. They will eat a Sim (unless fought back), but will always spit them out. A Sim-Eating Plant with a top hat can be seen in the Garden Wheel.
==Trivia==
* The Cowplant is reminiscent of Audrey II, the plant in the 1986 comedy horror musical film Little Shop of Horrors, starring Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs. People on YouTube use the plant for spoofs of the film.
* In The Sims 2: University and The Sims 3, the Cowplant's scientific name (Laganaphyllis Simnovorii) is incorrectly capitalized; rules of 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 lagana (Latin for cake) and phyllis (Greek for foliage), while the species name means "Sim eater".
* 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 television.
* 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 Lilsimsie, a YouTuber who campaigned for the ability to name Cowplants as a running joke in her videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okBcqOutH58
*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.
*In The Sims 4: Dine Out, players may choose to order a high level dessert item titled "Cowplant Essence Pie".
*In The Sims 4: Dine Out, if the player decides to put a cowplant in their restuarant, impatient (and hungry) customers may fall for the bait if their food takes too long to arrive.
*The Cowplant is the only deadly plant entity besides The Mother in The Sims 4 franchise.
*Sims can be eaten multiple times by the cowplant and survive, so long as the sim's "Drained" moodlet disappears (lasts 2 in-game days; casts an uncomfortable mood in the drained sim).
*When playing The Sims 4: Highschool Years, it is not advised to add a cowplant to your high school as hungry students or faculty members may end up as the creature's next meal.
==Gallery==
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Cowplantberry.png|A Sim eating a Cowplant Berry.
Dead Cow Plant.jpg|A dead Cowplant in The Sims 4.
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