Question

how can Venus fly trap and other insectivorous plant are knowing their food from the smell but how they can eat the insect very fast that the insect could not fly

Answer 1

Dear student,

Insectivorous plants like Venus fly trap generally grow in low marshy areas where the nutrient especially nitrogen content is very less and the quality of soil is poor. Though they have chlorophyll to perform photosynthesis, they fulfil the requirements of nutrients of their body by consuming insects. The flaps of the trap are nothing but its leaves that close when an insect comes inside and gets stuck to the sticky hairs present between the leaves.trap the insects and digest them by secreting some enzymes and obtain the nutrients from their body.

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