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what is Venus fly trap? define pitcher plant and sun dew plant?
The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous plant from North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. The flytrap has hinged, jaw-like leaves that capture and "eat" insects.

The Pitcher-plant is a carnivorous plant, a meat eater. Carnivorous plants usually live in nitrogen poor soils. They have 'learned' to augment the inadequate nitrogen available in the soil by capturing and consuming insects!

The inside of the tubular shaped leaf is lined with downward pointing hairs. These hairs block an insect from climbing up the tube and escaping. The fluid in the bottom of the tube contains digestive juices that will consume the insect prey.
 Sundews are carnivorous plants. This means that sundews can trap and digest insects to obtain extra nutrients, such as nitrogen. This allows sundews to live where other plants can’t- in nutrient-depleted soils or peat bogs.


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