Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting June 2022
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How many flies can
you find on this page?
Venus
flytraps
have
little
spikes
around
the
leaves.
But
they
are
not
teeth.
They
don't
chew.
The
plant
uses
digestive
juices,
much
like
those
in
your
stomach,
to
eat
insects.
Digestion
of
real
food
takes
five
to
12
days,
after
which
the
trap
reopens.
The
insect's
exoskeleton
blows
away
in
the
wind
or
is
washed
away
by
rain.
If something not
edible falls into a
Venus flytrap, it will
close up and try to
digest it. But after
about 12 hours, it
will open its leaves
and let the fake
food fall out.
Venus
flytraps
get
much
of
their
nutrition
from
the
bugs
they
eat,
but
they
also
need
water,
sun
and
soil
to
survive.
Venus flytraps aren't dangerous
to people, but people are
endangering them. Venus
flytraps are only found growing
wild in one small area of the
planet – in the grassy wetlands,
or bogs, around Cape Fear, North
Carolina. This area has just the
right climate, amount of
water and soil conditions.
Today the plant is threatened in
the wild. The draining of bogs for
farming and the building of
shopping centers and houses
has reduced the plant's habitat
and numbers. Less than 5% of
the plants are left.
Beautiful but Hungry
Jaws of Doom True or False Quiz
Dangers?
g y Beautiful but Hungry
The Venus flytrap is a meat-eating, or carnivorous, plant.
It is also quite lovely. That is why its name includes Venus.
That is the name of the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
But don't worry – a Venus flytrap won't eat you. Mostly they
eat bugs. They especially love mosquitoes and flies.
Make a guess about which of these statements are true and
which are false. Then read the scientist's notes about the Venus
flytrap to check your answers.
Venus flytraps have teeth. 1.
Venus flytraps only need bugs
to survive.
2. Venus flytraps help keep bugs
out of your house.
4. Its "mouth" shuts
very quicky.
5.
Venus flytraps eat anything that falls into
their mouth-like leaves.
3.
Quick! Help this fly
escape the Venus
flytrap's grip!
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