Results: Plant Food - Part 3 of 4
Some plants aren’t eaten by bugs—they eat the bugs themselves! Nearly 700 species of these carnivorous plants live throughout the world. Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds. In this series we'll explore eight popular carnivorous plants. There is only one question for this series. "Have you ever had one of these plants?" National Geographic Kids is my source for this series.
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Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. 126 species are currently accepted. Have you ever had one of these plants?
Yes
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70 votes
No
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783 votes
Undecided
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84 votes
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193 votes
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Nepenthes is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. Have you ever had one of these plants?
Yes
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78 votes
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796 votes
Undecided
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59 votes
Not Applicable
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197 votes
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