The carnivorous plants - Core things you need to know about them

Some plant are considered to be carnivorous because they are known to trap animals (small animals - most especially insect), kill them then extract most of the nutrient they need from the animal.

Some people like me might be curious or shocked on hearing this first time but the truth is this plant are actually real.

You might also be wondering how it is possible that is do plant have teeth, can they even move to kill animals or how will they even get them digested.

Actually, these plant has different strategies of trapping animals and there are just only five strategies discovered which i will be sharing below.

1. Pitfall traps: Most of the carnivorous plant that exhibits this characteristic mostly looks like a cone or possess a long internal chamber which is called a pitcher. Most of the time water is trapped in this pitcher which kills any prey who slide into the pitcher because the top of the pitcher is covered by waxy flakes which are slippery.
Once the animal is dead, digestive enzymes act on it then break it down into an absorbable form for the plant

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That ☝ is an example of a pitcher plant which is named Heliamphora

2. Flypaper: The flypaper is a very attractive sticky trap which attract insect (most especially the hungry ones). Meanwhile, carnivorous plants having this characteristics are very sensitive which means once an insect is trapped on the flypaper, the plant roll over then squeezy the caputured insect to death.
In the process squeezing also the sticky substance on the trap also act as a digestive enzymes which break's down the animals into nutrients absorbable for the plant.
Also, below 👇 is an of a plant exhibiting the flypaper named drosera capensis

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3. Snap Traps: The snap trap is the fastest trap carnivorous plant ever exhibit but unfortunately, research found only two plant exhibiting this fast snap trap and this plant are namely The Venus fly trap and the waterwheel plant.
Actually, this trap looks more or moves like the butterfly wings but this case they oscillates once because they are flying no where.
Meanwhile, this plant are very sensitive as well and traps any animal (insect) who get into the trap by closing up the trap, kill the insect then extract all the available nutrient.
Also, this 👇 is an example of snap trap I'm talking about.

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4. Bladder trap: The bladder trap are formed in most aquatic carnivorous plant by forming a vacum which attract small organism, then trap them inside the vacuum which their digestive enzymes break's down the organism to an absorbable for the plant.
Example of this plant is the Utricularia which is right here 👇

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5. Lobster traps: This is the last I will be talking about but it one of the trickest.
Carnivorous plant that exhibit this characteristics tricks animals (insect) inside and keeps directing the animals towards the digestive system until they are completely trapped inside the chamber. Example of this plant is the Genlisea violacea

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References

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