Tuesday 13 December 2011

Venus Flytrap

 
I'm in awe of this clever  carnivorous plant that has evolved to modify  the ends of it's leaves into efficient traps with precise  trapping capacity triggered by the insects that land on it's surface. The plant  is capable of producing the much needed sugar  and  enzymes  from the nitrogen it  gets from the digested insect.
Image from botany.org

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