Fact : #8

Carnivorous plants 

• Most carnivorous plants live in extreme environments where the soil isn't that great.

• Like most meat-eating plants, the Venus flytrap lives in swampy areas.

• There's plenty of light and water there, but the soil doesn't have all the nutrients that it needs - especially nitrogen.

• It makes up for this thin soil by gathering nutrients from insects and other small animals.

• There are lots of different carnivorous plant species.

• One of the simplest is the pitfall trap, a cup-shaped growth with liquid inside.

• It lures bugs in with the promise of sweet delicious nectar, but once they come in, they drown the stuff inside.

• The lobster pot trap is pretty basic too. lobster pots are passive, they just hang out waiting for insects to enter.

• Inward - pointing hairs force to the bug to keep crawling in one direction until it gets to a sort of stomach, where it is digested.

• The dewy pine plant is a good example of a flypaper trap.

• Their sticky beads smell delicious to insects, but once they land there, they get stuck!

• Some flypaper plants are active, they move to help capture their prey.

Notes taken from: BrainPOP.com