Plants Go From Eating Sun to Eating Souls

There are 800 carnivorous plants that exist to day. Many of them can be found in areas that lack nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. Passive carnivorous plants create a deadly trap, like a slippery rim around a cavity of digestive fluid or a sticky leaf. Active plants do a bit more work to trap their prey. They have leaves that can curl and push insects into sticky parts of the trap, or they have tentacles that can wrap around insects.

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