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Carnivorous Plants as a Nutrient Adaptation

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A carnivorous plant, still fully photosynthetic, uses modified leaves to capture and digest insects, supplementing the nitrogen a nutrient-poor, boggy soil cannot supply.

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A Venus flytrap's trigger-hair leaves snap shut on contact, and secreted enzymes digest the trapped insect for its nitrogen content.

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Educational content only, mechanism-taught: this entry describes a nutritional adaptation, not guidance about handling or cultivating any specific species.