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The Venus Flytrap
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Description
• It is a carnivorous plant• It catches prey using leaves
that snap shut• Despite the name, just 5%
of its total diet is flying insects!
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Habitat
• Venus flytraps are found in nitrogen- or phosphorus-poor environments.
• Environments include bogs and wet savannahs.
• They are only native in North and South Carolina.
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Adaptations
• They have adapted to their nitrogen-poor environments by catching insects to provide the nitrogen.
• They go through winter dormant (asleep)!• They developed their “snap-happy” technique
to catch larger insects to get more nutrients.
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The “jaws of death” (to an insect)
• Attracts insects using nectar• Trigger hairs detect motion• 2 trigger hairs touched =
SNAP! Venus flytrap is snap-happy.
• Digestive juices dissolve the insect.