All carnivorous plants can be found in areas where soil nutrients is very low. This is probably one of the reasons why they get 'extra bite' from nature- for what they lack in nutrients, they make up for in cannibalism.
Carnivorous plants captivates the eyes with its beauty, with lovely and colorful petals, alluring scents, too tantalizing to be ignored, but make no mistake, they are danger to insects, ants and small bugs that wanders into the snare of these gentle beauties. And when a prey stops to take that 'bite', it ignorantly triggers the plant's defensive mechanism and before the prey could think of an escape, it's entangled and doomed!
The survival of the fittest extend beyond predatory-prey relationships among animals alone, it also includes carnivorous plants preying on small living things. There are about 630 different types of plants that attracts and traps preys. They produce digestive enzymes, and absorb the resulting available nutrients.
There are five basic trapping mechanisms found in carnivorous plants.
1. Pitfall Traps- Traps prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
2. Fly Papers- uses a sticky mucilage.
3. Snap Traps- utilizes rapid leave movements.
4. Bladder Traps- sucks in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.
5. Lobsters- pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.
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