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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