Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Carnivorous Plant Dissection

I dissected a carnivorous plant today, and I found tons of bug's remains.

Carnivorous Plant Information:

Pitcher plants have "lids" to keep out rainfall. They grow in soils that don't have many nutrients. They have deadly nectar.

If something touches a venus fly trap's trigger hairs twice in 30 seconds it causes it to close trapping whatever is inside. They grow in soils with low nutrients. They are very rare to find in the wild.

Sundews grow in low nutrient soils. They have sticky bubbles on the outside that look like water, but when a bug goes up to it it gets stuck to it, and the more it struggles the more it gets caught so then the sundew's red bubble is acid which breaks it down.

Tropical Pitchers can have really big pitchers. They grow off the end of leaves. They grow on other trees.

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