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Carnivorous Plants
V.Soundarya Akshitha
M.Sravanthi
V.Vishnu Priya
Indian Institute of Technology
Hyderabad
What?
Why?
How?
Carnivorous plants are plants that can eat insects
and/or small animals
They get their energy the same way the other
plants do…. Photosynthesis
They eat insects and other small animals because
they live in places where the soil is low in nutrients
from their “PREY”
As you can see some Carnivorous Plants have a
sticky substance that catches flies on their leaves.
Others drown the insects in a pitcher shape that is
part of plant.eat insects and/or small animals.
Venus fly
trap(Dionaea)
It is the most
commonly known
carnivorous plants
The leaf closes when
the tiny hairs inside
the leaf are touched
The picture (right)
shows a leaf with an
unusual double trap.(
it is the only leaf
known to have to
grown like that)
Pitfall Traps
(Pitcher Plant)
The pitcher plant is
basically a slippery
leaf wrapped into a
tube shape that
contains a pool of
digestive enzymes
at the bottom
Bladder traps(Bladder wort)
The Bladderwort is like an under
water Venus Fly Trap. The bladders
suck in and trap water insects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3BMTKnMb0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAE1CA4Qus
Thank You!!