• Question: Are there cannibal plants?

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      Asked by Maddy Shaw to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 17 Mar 2015.
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        Peter Maskell answered on 17 Mar 2015:

        according to people in the 1890’s yes.

        http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/24th-october-1891/9/a-cannibal-plant

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        Anaïs Pujol answered on 17 Mar 2015:

        There are carnivore plants. In general plants need sun, water and nutriments. They found nutriments in the ground. Carnivore plants live in area without enough nutritive food from the ground (on rock, marsh…) so they find another way to get the elements they need to live. It is an evolution. But in general they eat little fish, insect, lizard, frog, maybe mouse but not human too big

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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 17 Mar 2015:

        There are not cannibal plants, however there are carnivore plants as Anais said. One of the fascinating plant is the pitcher plant, which looks like a pitcher and is filled with liquid. it looks very attractive which lures the insects, and they fall into the trap as the rims are slippery. They cant get out and are dissolved in the fluids by the action of some enzymes. Really fascinating!

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