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Cape sundew Venus's-flytrap
Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
Venus flytrap Venus flytrap Waterwheel plant
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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
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Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
Sometimes plants bite back.
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Cape sundew
Sticky mucilage along the modified leaves of the Cape sundew (Drosera capensis)...
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Venus's-flytrap
Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
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Venus flytrap
The sensitive traps of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) capture and...
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Venus flytrap
Close-up of the carnivorous traps of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
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Waterwheel plant
Carnivorous waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa). An aquatic species,...
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