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Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
cobra plant Slender pitcher plant Attenborough's pitcher plant Western Australian pitcher plant cobra plant Raffles' pitcher plant slender pitcher plant
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Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava).
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Do carnivorous plants actually eat their prey?
Sometimes plants bite back.
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Crimson pitcher plant
The carnivorous pitchers of the crimson pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)...
Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
common pitcher plant
Common pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
Kurt Stueber/www.BioLib.de
cobra plant
Carnivorous cobra plants (Darlingtonia californica).
© NoahElhardt
Slender pitcher plant
Pitcher-shaped leaves of the carnivorous slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis).
© So happy/Fotolia
Attenborough's pitcher plant
Attenborough's pitcher plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii), an endangered carnivorous...
Minden Pictures/SuperStock
Western Australian pitcher plant
Western Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis), a carnivorous...
W.H. Hodge
cobra plant
Cobra plant (Darlingtonia californica)
Verna R. Johnston
Raffles' pitcher plant
Pitcher of the carnivorous Raffles' pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana).
© rpiola/Fotolia
slender pitcher plant
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis).
© Robert and Linda Mitchell
Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava).
Jeff Lepore/Photo Reseachers
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