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Venus Flytraps

Many insects eat plants. But some unusual plants, like the Venus Flytrap, eat insects.

The Venus Flytrap has special leaves shaped like a trap. The trap can snap shut to catch files and other insects. The trap uses sweet-smelling nectar as bait.

When an insect enters the trap it touches tiny trigger hairs. This makes the trap close faster than you can blink! Scientists are not sure how a plant can do this because plants do not have muscles or nerves.

After about half an hour, the trap begins to fill with digestive juices. After a week or two, the juices turn the soft parts of the insect into food for the plant.

Venus Flytraps are so interesting that some people keep them as pets!

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Venus Flytraps

• Many insects eat plants. But some unusual plants, like the Venus Flytrap, eat insects. The Venus Flytrap has

special leaves shaped like a trap. The trap can snap shut to catch flies and other insects. The trap uses

sweet-smelling nectar as bait.

• They have muscles to trap and eat the insects.

• Venus Flytraps are so interesting that some people keep them as pets.

Passage 1- Notetaking

Some unusual plants like the Venus Flytrap, eat insects. The Venus Flytrap has special leaves shaped like a

trap. The trap can snap shut to catch flies and other insects. The trap uses sweet smelling nectar as bait.

The Venus Flytrap traps insects through tiny hairs inside the plant. When an insect touches the tiny hairs it

makes the leaves snap shut and catch the insect.

The trap works faster than you can blink. It is a mystery how the plant does this because plants do not have

muscles.

Venus Flytraps are really interesting to keep as pets.

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