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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

 

 

CARNIVOROUS   (INSECTIVORES) PLANTS   FEED  ON  INSECTS   and  other   small    animals    to  producing  food    in  their    leaves  by  photosynthesis  
The    nutrients   absorbed   from  trapped  insects    enable  carnivores   plants  to  thrive  in   acids,  boggy  soils   that  lack  essential  minerals  especially    nitrates , where  most   plants  could  not  survive .All   carnivores  plants   have  some  leaves   modified  as  traps  ;many  use  bright  colours     and  scented  nectar   to  attract  prey .There   are  three  types  of   traps  .Pitcher  plant , such as  the  monkey  cup   and  cobra  lily  , have   leaves   modified  as    pitcher-shaped    pitfall   traps,  half  filled  with   water  , once  lured  inside  the    mouth  of  the  trap  , insects  lose  their   footing  on  the  slippery   surface  ,  fall  into  the  liquid ,  and either  decompose  or  are  digested .
Venus  fly traps  use  a  spring -trap  mechanism ,  when  an   insect  touches   trigger  hairs   on  the  inner  surfaces  of  the leaves  , the  two  lobes   of   the  trap   snap  shut  .Butterworts  and   sun dew , entangle prey  by  sticky  droplets  on  the  leaf  surface , while  the  edges of  the  leaves   slowly   curl  over   to  envelop  and  digest  the  prey.
 
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