Insect-eating plants, like the sundew and Venus flytrap, live in poor, often boggy soil. The soil has few minerals to feed the plants. The plants have therefore developed traps to catch insects as an extra food source. The sundew's leaves are covered in sticky-tipped tentacles. The Venus flytrap catches insects in traps on the end of its leaves. Each trap snaps shut when an insect touches one of its trigger hairs. The insect is crushed and the plant breaks down its body with acid to obtain the food chemicals it needs.
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Insect-eating plants, like the sundew and Venus flytrap, live in poor, often boggy soil. The soil has few minerals to feed the plants. The plants have therefore developed traps to catch insects as an extra food source. The sundew's leaves are covered in sticky-tipped tentacles. The Venus flytrap catches insects in traps on the end of its leaves. Each trap snaps shut when an insect touches one of its trigger hairs. The insect is crushed and the plant breaks down its body with acid to obtain the food chemicals it needs.