Meat – eating plants
Do you think all plants need only light, soil and water? Then you’re wrong! Some plants “eat” meat. There usually grow in areas with poor soil. This soil can’t give them all the food they need, so the plants have found another way of getting it by eating insects and other small creatures. Don’t be scared, though. They won’t eat you! Plants only eat people in books and films!
One famous meat-eating plant is Venus flytrap. Insects fly into the plant and then the leaves trap them inside. Another meat-eating plant, the pitcher, contains a sweet, sticky drink. Curious insects go inside for a sip and discover that the flower is slippery. They slide down and became the plant’s next meal.
Keeping some of these plants at home is easy. You can grow them in pots, but you must water them often. Some of them, however, are not suitable for the home. They are massive – they can hold seven liters of water! Sometimes a lizard, bird or mouse discovers that this kind of plant isn’t a good place for a drink.
Meat – eating plants
Do you think all plants need only light, soil and water? Then you’re wrong! Some plants “eat” meat. There usually grow in areas with poor soil. This soil can’t give them all the food they need, so the plants have found another way of getting it by eating insects and other small creatures. Don’t be scared, though. They won’t eat you! Plants only eat people in books and films!
One famous meat-eating plant is Venus flytrap. Insects fly into the plant and then the leaves trap them inside. Another meat-eating plant, the pitcher, contains a sweet, sticky drink. Curious insects go inside for a sip and discover that the flower is slippery. They slide down and became the plant’s next meal.
Keeping some of these plants at home is easy. You can grow them in pots, but you must water them often. Some of them, however, are not suitable for the home. They are massive – they can hold seven liters of water! Sometimes a lizard, bird or mouse discovers that this kind of plant isn’t a good place for a drink.
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