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Is that plant hungry? (Science Letters).

From: Highlights for Children  |  Date: 2/1/2002  |  Author: Myers, Jack

If the Venus's-flytrap is a plant and plants can produce their own food, then why does it need to eat insects?

Carolyn Yu, Age 11 
Massachusetts 

The Venus's-flytrap is one of a few plants that "eat" insects. As you say, flytraps are green plants and can make their own food. So it is remarkable that they have ...

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