Or also known as Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey, mostly insects. Its trapping is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against a waste of energy in trapping objects with no nutritional value.
Plants are important to us cause they provide us with food, clothing, shelter, medicines, even with the air that we breathe! They also enhance the environment with their beauty and help other living creatures. It is very important that we are informed about plants and how we can help them thrive. So I decided to create a blog of Earth plants.
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
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