Carnivorous plants

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We all know the basics of the food chain, plants eat the sun and animals eat plants, and large animals eat small animals, however, there are always exceptions, as evidenced by the carnivorous plants that attract, hunt and digest animals (mostly insects, but also snails) Or lizards or even small mammals), and in the following pictures, you'll meet 12 carnivores, from the well-known Venus fly trap to the lesser-known cobra lily

The cobra lily plant is a carnivorous plant and it is called this name because it looks like a cobra snake about to launch an attack, and the Darlingtonia californica cobra lily plant is a rare and authentic plant for cold water swamp populations in Oregon and northern California, and this plant is truly demonic and not limited to the temptation Insects in his pitcher have a sweet smell, but its closed pitcher contains many faux exits that deplete its victims while trying to escape, and the strange thing is that the naturalists have not yet determined the natural pollination of the cobra lily plant, and it is clear that there is a kind of insects that collect pollen in this flower and live for Ri another day, but it is not precisely known.

Despite its strong name, it is not clear whether the trigger plant is genus really carnivorous or is simply trying to protect itself from bothersome insects, some types of trigger plants are equipped with small bristles, or sticky hair that picks up unrelated insects It has the process of pollination, and the leaves of these plants secrete the digestive enzymes that slowly dissolve their unfortunate victims, and pending further research, we do not know whether the stimulating plants derive virtually any nutrition from their small sparkling prey or simply dispense with unwanted visitors.

Liana is a carnivorous plant, a type of plant known as treviofilum, and the plant grows oval-shaped leaves that are not noticeable, then close to its flowers, it produces long and sticky leaves that attract insects, pick them up and digest them, and finally, it becomes a climbing vine equipped with short hooks, reaching The Liana plant is sometimes more than 100 feet in length, and if this sounds creepy, do not worry outside the greenhouse farms specializing in exotic plants, as the only place where you can encounter the Liana plant is if you visit tropical West Africa.

The Portuguese sun dew plant grows in poor soil with nutrients along the coasts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco so you can forgive it for supplementing its diet with occasional insects, and like many other carnivorous plants on this list, the Portuguese sun dew attracts insects with its sweet aroma, and traps them in a sticky substance called Gum on its leaves, it excretes digestive enzymes that slowly dissolve insects, and absorb nutrients so that it can live to bloom on another day.

Rorydola is a carnivorous plant native to South Africa, and it is one of the carnivorous plants that have developed itself, and the plant actually does not digest the insects it picks up with its sticky hair but leaves this task for types of insects called Pamiridia roridula, which has a symbiotic relationship with the plant, and what happens to the plant On the other hand? Well, waste from insects is especially rich in nutrients that the plant absorbs, (by the way, 40 million years ago, Roredola fossils were discovered in the Baltic region of Europe, indicating that this plant was more widespread during the Sinozek era than it is now ).

 Sources  universemagic



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