Hello Wonder!
- Name one type of carnivorous plants?
- Can you think of three different animals that a carnivorous plant might eat?
- Do carnivorous plants grow on rich soil, or poor soil?
- How many different species of carnivorous plants have so far been discovered?
- Which group of carnivorous plants particularly interested the naturalist Charles Darwin?
- Carnivorous plants use trapping mechanisms to catch their prey. Can you name two different types of traps?
- A scientist has recently discovered a new species of pitcher plant which looks like a green and red stripy loo seat. Who did he name it after?
- Why do some carnivorous plants try and tempt bats to roost in their leaves?
- What did scientist Barry Rice feed to his pet plants?
- What happened next... ?
Extension
- There is only one continent where you won’t find carnivorous plants. Where is it? And, can you think why they don’t grow there?
- Why do you think carnivorous plants have evolved to eat animals?
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