All of us are used to the predator-prey relationships between cats and mice, foxes and rabbits, lions and zebras...but what about plants? Can a plant be a predator too? The most famous carniverous plant is the Venus Flytrap. There are others out there too that enjoy tasty meat snacks. About the size of a quarter, the red sundews have sticky droplets that attract insects to their leaves, where hairs fold over the prey and begin the digestion process. Then there is the famous poisonous pitcher plant! The large pitcher plant has a long, trumpet-like tube that rises from the ground. The plant secretes a sweet smell that entices insects to travel down into the plant’s tube, where they are unable to escape The butterwort is a plant with purple flowers that catches prey on its sticky, greasy leaves. Once stuck, the insect is digested by the acid in the slimy substance coating the plant. Another carnivorous plant is a bladderwort, which has both water and land varieties. The plant’s “bladders” are air-filled balloons with trap doors. As an insect releases the trap door, water fills the bladder, sucking the insect in with it. Our nightmares about attacking plants might not be so far fetched... Plant predators? So disturbing!
18 Comments
MaryGrace/Fred
5/17/2018 01:46:00 pm
YAY!! I'm first!!! I loved the blog it was interesting!!!
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Elayna
5/17/2018 01:47:51 pm
These plants are scary. I wouldn't want to meet one in my nightmares. They are interesting, however.
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Tyler Jensen
5/18/2018 07:07:24 am
Oooooooooooooooooooooooo scary!
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Sadie
5/17/2018 03:25:01 pm
Good job on the blog today Mrs. Taylor!!! The plants are pretty scary!!!
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grace harper
5/17/2018 03:43:34 pm
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! mrs taylor why would you do the blog on this?!?!?!?!??!
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Luke
5/17/2018 03:50:53 pm
Because it is interesting.
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Tyler Jensen
5/18/2018 07:03:10 am
Just so she could freak the girls on the blog out!
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Errol
5/17/2018 03:50:26 pm
The plants are scary looking and I would not want to meet them.
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Sammy
5/17/2018 05:31:08 pm
Hi I just volunteered for the space center and got to do the mission.
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KENNEDY
5/17/2018 08:23:04 pm
HI MRS.TAYLOR THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT TEACHER AND ALSO THX FOR LETTING US USE THE BLOG FOR REVEIW.
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Mia/plant
5/17/2018 08:25:14 pm
plants can be so scary hello my friends:)
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Sadie
5/17/2018 08:32:44 pm
I just got back from MTB and I am sooooo tired!!! Good job on the blog!!!!
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Addy
5/17/2018 09:02:13 pm
good job on the blog
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David
5/18/2018 07:01:35 am
My Favorite Predator plant by far is the Venus Fly Trap. My little sister liked the Brain worm thingy and the poisonous pitcher plant. Good Job on the Blog Today!
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David
5/18/2018 07:05:46 am
OH! and that First Predator plant was from the Little Shop of Horrors.
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Jacqueline (David's little sister)
5/18/2018 07:11:18 am
The first Plant Predator is actually interesting. I watched the movie once. It was funny, but one guy got swallowed whole and he dropped off the face of the Earth. And no one ever saw him again. So I would watch out girls, he could be coming for you!
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Loa
5/18/2018 07:13:07 am
Why Did You Spoil it For me, WHY!
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Jacqueline
5/18/2018 07:15:08 am
Because He is coming For You, And Might As well tell you the story. Leave a Reply. |
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