Carnivorous Plants Story
Picture book for a young audience /
Kindle Edition
by
Makoto Honda
Copyright (c) 2013-2017 by Makoto Honda.
All Rights Reserved.
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Suction Traps The last method is a suction trap. This is found in a group of aquatic plants called bladderworts. The plants bear a large number of tiny, sometimes microscopic, balloon-like sacs in the water (or in water-logged soil). When a tiny water animal approaches one of the sacs, it is instantly sucked into the trap and imprisoned inside. There are over 200 species of bladderworts worldwide.
This is a
trap (or bladder) of a bladderwort plant (Utricularia). A bladder is a
miniature sac capable of swallowing a tiny water animal with amazing speed.
Underwater
traps of an aquatic bladderwort. A worm approaches the trap mouth (right).
A
terrestrial bladderwort plant, Utricularia desenii.
Traps of a
terrestrial bladderwort plant, Utricularia desenii.
INTRODUCTION PITFALL TRAPS FLYPAPER TRAPS SNAP-TRAPS SUCTION TRAPS VENUS FLYTRAP SUNDEWS PITCHER PLANTS COBRA PLANT BUTTERWORTS BLADDERWORTS
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