Flesh-eating killers: assassin or ally? Scientists get the dirt on the relationship between predatory plants and their victims.(Life: plants)
From: Science World
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Date: 3/22/2004
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Author: Norlander, Britt
The world is a dangerous place--especially for insects. Beyond the reach of plastic flyswatters, these six-legged critters still need to watch where they land. Hunting for a place to rest its weary wings, an unsuspecting fly may settle upon what looks like a harmless leaf. But if its resting spot happens to be the lobe (leaf) of a Venus flytrap--snap!--it may end up as the plant's next meal. That's because Venus flytraps are carnivorous (meat eating) and snack on organisms like ...
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