By Eden and Alex
Some plants are carnivorous. "I wanted a carnivorous plant I saw at the Natural History Museum, the Venus Flytrap. I wanted it because we could trap flies and not have flies in the house," said Alex. We watched a documentary because it would be cool to understand things.
Some plants are carnivorous. "I wanted a carnivorous plant I saw at the Natural History Museum, the Venus Flytrap. I wanted it because we could trap flies and not have flies in the house," said Alex. We watched a documentary because it would be cool to understand things.
The Venus Flytrap is not the only carnivorous plant. There are three types of carnivorous plants and those three types have different types of themselves. One species snaps on its prey once the insect touches two hairs. That is the Venus Flytrap type.
Another is slippery which looks like a pitcher and the insects fall inside. Some of those kinds have little creatures that help like ants, tadpoles or larvae mosquitos who also help devour the insects. Some are so big they use rats to devour food for them. Some of these plants found it hard to be a insect feeder and retired to be a herbivore.
There is also a really sticky kind. One is the octopus plant. Once the insect gets stuck the plant curls up on the insect. It has tentacles that look like there are nectar drops one the ends of the hairs, but that is actually a really sticky substance.