Carnivorous+Plants

Carnivorous Plants Unlike the majority of plants that create their nourishment from sunlight, such as the flowering hyacinth or the leafy coleus or the garden-variety <range type="comment" id="565569699_8">dandelion</range id="565569699_8">, a limited number of plants are able to <range type="comment" id="565569699_9">enhance </range id="565569699_9">their <range type="comment" id="565569699_10">diet </range id="565569699_10">by <range type="comment" id="565569699_11">fortifying </range id="565569699_11">it with insects and other small animals to <range type="comment" id="565569699_12">supplement </range id="565569699_12">the food that they have produced from sunlight. These <range type="comment" id="565569699_13">carnivorous </range id="565569699_13">plants can be categorized <range type="comment" id="565569699_14">as </range id="565569699_14">those <range type="comment" id="565569699_15">without </range id="565569699_15">moving <range type="comment" id="565569699_16">traps </range id="565569699_16">that <range type="comment" id="565569699_17">lure </range id="565569699_17">their <range type="comment" id="565569699_18">intended </range id="565569699_18"><range type="comment" id="565569699_19">victims </range id="565569699_19">and then <range type="comment" id="565569699_20">trap </range id="565569699_20">them on a <range type="comment" id="565569699_21">sticky </range id="565569699_21"><range type="comment" id="565569699_22">surface </range id="565569699_22">or <range type="comment" id="565569699_23">drown </range id="565569699_23">them in a <range type="comment" id="565569699_24">pool </range id="565569699_24">of <range type="comment" id="565569699_25">fluid </range id="565569699_25">and those with active traps-moving parts that <range type="comment" id="565569699_26">ensnare </range id="565569699_26">prey - such as the <range type="comment" id="565569699_27">sundew</range id="565569699_27">. <range type="comment" id="565569699_28">Butterworts </range id="565569699_28">are <range type="comment" id="565569699_29">harmless-looking</range id="565569699_29"> plants with <range type="comment" id="565569699_30">circles </range id="565569699_30">of <range type="comment" id="565569699_31">flat </range id="565569699_31">and <range type="comment" id="565569699_32">sticky </range id="565569699_32"><range type="comment" id="565569699_33">leaves</range id="565569699_33">. If an insect is <range type="comment" id="565569699_34">unfortunate </range id="565569699_34">enough to <range type="comment" id="565569699_35">land </range id="565569699_35">on one of the <range type="comment" id="565569699_36">seemingly </range id="565569699_36"><range type="comment" id="565569699_37">inviting </range id="565569699_37">leaves, it <range type="comment" id="565569699_38">sticks </range id="565569699_38">to the <range type="comment" id="565569699_39">surface </range id="565569699_39">of the <range type="comment" id="565569699_40">leaf </range id="565569699_40">and <range type="comment" id="565569699_41">eventually </range id="565569699_41">dies and is <range type="comment" id="565569699_42">digested </range id="565569699_42">by the plant. The <range type="comment" id="565569699_43">pitcher </range id="565569699_43">plant is a plant that is <range type="comment" id="565569699_44">shaped </range id="565569699_44">like a pitcher and has <range type="comment" id="565569699_45">fluid </range id="565569699_45">at the <range type="comment" id="565569699_46">bottom</range id="565569699_46">. Insects are attracted to the pitcher plant by a nectar around the <range type="comment" id="565569699_47">rim </range id="565569699_47">of the <range type="comment" id="565569699_48">pitcher opening</range id="565569699_48">; when an insect <range type="comment" id="565569699_49">lands </range id="565569699_49">on the rim, it cannot <range type="comment" id="565569699_50">maintain </range id="565569699_50">its <range type="comment" id="565569699_51">balance </range id="565569699_51">on the <range type="comment" id="565569699_52">slippery </range id="565569699_52"><range type="comment" id="565569699_53">surface </range id="565569699_53">of the rim and <range type="comment" id="565569699_54">falls </range id="565569699_54">into the opening and <range type="comment" id="565569699_55">drowns </range id="565569699_55">in the <range type="comment" id="565569699_56">fluid</range id="565569699_56">. Bladderworts are water plants with <range type="comment" id="565569699_57">traps </range id="565569699_57">on their leaves that <range type="comment" id="565569699_58">resemble </range id="565569699_58"><range type="comment" id="565569699_59">tiny </range id="565569699_59"><range type="comment" id="565569699_60">bubbles</range id="565569699_60">. A small animal may swim by the plant, totally <range type="comment" id="565569699_61">oblivious </range id="565569699_61">to the danger <range type="comment" id="565569699_62">posed </range id="565569699_62">by the harmless-looking bladderwort. If the small animal comes<range type="comment" id="565569699_63"> too close</range id="565569699_63"> to the plant, the <range type="comment" id="565569699_64">bubbles </range id="565569699_64">open without <range type="comment" id="565569699_65">warning </range id="565569699_65">and the animal is <range type="comment" id="565569699_66">pulled inside</range id="565569699_66"> the plant and <range type="comment" id="565569699_67">digested</range id="565569699_67">. Probably the beset known of the <range type="comment" id="565569699_68">carnivorous </range id="565569699_68">plants is the Venus<range type="comment" id="565569699_69"> flytrap.</range id="565569699_69"> This plant <range type="comment" id="565569699_70">feature </range id="565569699_70">unusual <range type="comment" id="565569699_71">leaf tips</range id="565569699_71"> that look like an inviting place for an insect to <range type="comment" id="565569699_72">rest </range id="565569699_72">and offers the <range type="comment" id="565569699_73">enticement </range id="565569699_73">of promised food. If an <range type="comment" id="565569699_74">unwary </range id="565569699_74"><range type="comment" id="565569699_75">ladybug </range id="565569699_75">or <range type="comment" id="565569699_76">dragonfly </range id="565569699_76"><range type="comment" id="565569699_77">settles </range id="565569699_77">on the leaves of the Venus flytrap, the two leaves <range type="comment" id="565569699_78">suddenly </range id="565569699_78"><range type="comment" id="565569699_79">snap </range id="565569699_79"><range type="comment" id="565569699_80">shut</range id="565569699_80">, <range type="comment" id="565569699_81">trapping </range id="565569699_81">the insect and creating a <range type="comment" id="565569699_82">delicious </range id="565569699_82"><range type="comment" id="565569699_83">meal </range id="565569699_83">for the plant.



those with active traps: 2,5,7 those with inactive traps: 1, 4