Sundew
Its Amazing Adaptation:The Sundew (Drosera) is a carnivorous plant.
Although it might look like a beautiful type of plant, it is very deadly to insects that are near it. There are about 130 types of species to this plant, but one thing they all have is a gel substance on the tip of their tentacles which also cover the leaves. Tis get substance is so sky, so is an insect comes flying near it, it will get stuck and it will be all most impossible to escape. Then the Drosera (or Sundew) can eat the insect. They have developed this amazing adaptation because of the lack of nutrients in the soil. This is why they have adapted the sticky gel on their tentacles, so they can catch their prey more easily. |
References:
Drosera, http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drosera, Retrived 6 Nov 2013
All About the Sundew, www.carnivorous--plants.com/sundew-plant.html, Retrived 10 Nov 2013
www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/736-using-sundew-in-the-lab
Drosera, http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drosera, Retrived 6 Nov 2013
All About the Sundew, www.carnivorous--plants.com/sundew-plant.html, Retrived 10 Nov 2013
www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/736-using-sundew-in-the-lab