CARNIVOROUS    PLANTS   OR flesh   EATING  PLANTS  are   the  plants   which  eats   Insects  and  small  animals. One   such   plant  is  brightly  colored  Pitcher   plant lives  in  boggy  soils   that   are   low   in  nutrients.They  get  extra  nutrients   by  trapping   insects  and  other  small  animals.Pitcher   plants  lure   insects  to  jug   shaped  traps  on  the  end of  their   leaves.
Another Insectivores plant is SUN DEWS .It has a very sticky weapon -their hairs.It an lured insects by its attractive colors and an unsuspecting fly soon find itself struck to beads of glue at the tip of Sun dew's hairs.
Once the insect struck ,the sticky hairs curls round it.The Sun dew digest the insect and absorbs nutrients.Any indigestible part remain struck to the leaf.
ANOTHER INSECTIVOROUS PLANT IS THE VENUS FLY TRAP'S hinged trap imprisons an unwary damselfly .After about a week , the trap reopens letting the dead remains fall to the ground.Each trap digest several meals ,and then withers away.
THE PROCESS GOES LIKE THIS-
Another Insectivores plant is SUN DEWS .It has a very sticky weapon -their hairs.It an lured insects by its attractive colors and an unsuspecting fly soon find itself struck to beads of glue at the tip of Sun dew's hairs.
Once the insect struck ,the sticky hairs curls round it.The Sun dew digest the insect and absorbs nutrients.Any indigestible part remain struck to the leaf.
ANOTHER INSECTIVOROUS PLANT IS THE VENUS FLY TRAP'S hinged trap imprisons an unwary damselfly .After about a week , the trap reopens letting the dead remains fall to the ground.Each trap digest several meals ,and then withers away.
THE PROCESS GOES LIKE THIS-
- Once the damselfly land on the plant three small bristles in the middle of each pad activate the trap.
- The pads snap together when the damselfly touches two of the triggers.
- Digestive enzymes break down the damselfly body.
- VENUS FLY TRAP AND PITCHER PLANT
- SUN DEW PLANT



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