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why saprophytic plants obtain its nutrients from dead and decaying plant and animal ? why they do not obtain nutrients from living organisms ?

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Saprophytic plants cannot feed on living organisms because they produce digestive juices that can act on the dead and decaying matter to obtain nutrition.

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