What is a carnivorous plant?

i have never seen one but i would like to. in australia i belive they grow

My friend used to have a Venus Flytrap which is a carnivourus plant. I believe she would feed it raw ground beef. I've personally never owned a plant like that. Here is a link with a lot of info for you on this subject. http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html Cheers!

There are quite a handful of carniverous plants. Mostly from a rain forest area. Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher plant,, Sundew, Bladderworts. Some grow to 30 feet tall and others are small in size. They have developed to obtain nutrients from animal matter. Sometimes small mammals and reptiles They need special care to survive in our homes which tend to run too dry. Southeast Asia, Mexico, and homes where collectors give them what they need to thrive.

insectivorous plant like nepenthes They are found in assam

Carnivorous plants have the most bizarre adaptations to low-nutrient environments. These plants obtain some nutrients by trapping and digesting various invertebrates, and occasionally even small frogs and mammals. Because insects are one of the most common prey items for most carnivorous plants, they are sometimes called insectivorous plants. It is not surprising that the most common habitat for these plants is in bogs, where nutrient concentrations are low but water and sunshine seasonally abundant. As many as thirteen species of carnivorous plants have been found in a single bog. Most plants absorb nitrogen from the soil through their roots. But carnivorous plants absorb nitrogen from their animal prey through their leaves specially modified as traps. Traps work in a variety of ways. Pitfall traps of pitcher plants are leaves folded into deep, slippery pools filled with digestive enzymes. Flypaper (or sticky or adhesive traps) of sundews and butterworts are leaves covered in stalked glands that exude sticky mucilage. Snap traps (or steel traps) of the Venus flytrap and waterwheel plant are hinged leaves that snap shut when trigger hairs are touched. Suction traps, unique to bladderworts, are highly modified leaves in the shape of a bladder with a hinged door lined with trigger hairs. Lobster-pot traps of corkscrew plants are twisted tubular channels lined with hairs and glands. I am fascinated by them, I would love to have them all. I have a venus fly trap and a pitcher plant.

i only know the venus fly trap

Yes carnivorous plants do exist.There are few species of such plants.These plants are small in height and feed on small insects.They have a trap in which small insects get trapped and then the plant digests the pray and get energy.Thus these plants are carnivorous.

hi don, have seen pitcher plants and venus fly traps. they both grow in assam in india. had planted a pitcher plant in my yard. its a vine which can get very big indeed. feeds on insects. has a gluey liquid in the pitcher and emits a smell attractive to insects. when they crawl in the pitcher closes and digestive liquids inside the pitcher do the rest. the pitcher then opens again for the next victim. yes, you can spend hours watching the astonishing creation of nature.