Venus+Fly+Traps

Jackson came to school with a Venus Fly Trap.

A Venus Fly Trap is a carnivorous plant. That means that it eats meat! Venus Fly Traps eat flies, insects, spiders and even frogs. They have 3 trigger hairs inside the snap trap. When the insect steps on the trigger hairs the snap trap shuts. Dinnertime!

Watch how a Venus Fly Trap uses its snap trap to catch some insects for its dinner.


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This is a short video of another kind of meat eating plant. It is called a Sundew. The Sundew has a sticky liquid on the end of its leaves which traps insects. Watch how it works!
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