Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Why Does the Venus Flytrap Eat Bugs Anyway?

If you are wondering why the venus flytrap traps bugs for food, the answer is an interesting one that shows how things in nature can adapt to survive.

In the marshes and bogs where venus flytraps originate, there was not much in the way of nutrients in the soil for the plants.  So, they venus flytrap plant adapted and begin to trap it's prey to digest the nutrients it needed.  How great is that?  The plant actually has a scent that attracts bugs to it and then it traps them when they get there.  If they can do all of this in order to survive, we can do anything, right?

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