Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous Plants
By Steve Conrad
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What are Carnivorous Plants?
Carnivorous plants are the name given to a wide ranging group of plants which only share a single common factor, that is that they all have a method of trapping and digesting living creatures in order to provide a means of nourishment.
How these plants do this varies widely from species to species. Most people think that all Carnivorous plants have traps which shut suddenly on unwary insects. However, the case is that most Carnivorous plants have 'passive' methods of catching their prey, most never move and simply wait for their prey to make a mistake.
Stories of Carnivorous plants being man-eating fiends have also been greatly exaggerated. The majority of Carnivorous plants never grow above a few feet. Even the giant tropical Nepenthes restrict their intake to insects, albeit slightly larger insects.
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