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Insect eater mThoesqrueditcoreasbinsptihdeerpiptcrehyesr on other insects like
plant.
I get my nutrition from the soil in
which I grow, from sunlight, as well
as from the insects I eat. I like eating
ants, cockroaches, centipedes, flies,
and beetles. Inside my pitcher, there
are acidic fluids, which drown and
digest the prey after it falls in.
Despite being carnivorous, many
from my family give shelter to other
animals like the red crab spider.
Pitcher in trouble Did you know?
My family and I live in a very
small area, which is why we are Pitcher plants are also called
in constant danger of becoming ‘monkey cups’ because monkeys
extinct due to natural events.
Moreover, since we are the most have been observed drinking
unusual family of an unusual rainwater from the pitchers.
group, humans like to collect
us, because of which today Bring Pitcher back ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
our populations are critically
endangered. On Mount Kerinci, my CR
family and I live in the Seblat
KSeurminactir,at,hies hhiogmheesttomthoeunptiatcinheorfplant. National Park. The Convention EN
on International Trade in VU
Endangered Species list
protects us, which limits our
international trade. It is crucial
that humans stop collecting us
as trophies or soon my whole
family will be gone.
Insect eater mThoesqrueditcoreasbinsptihdeerpiptcrehyesr on other insects like
plant.
I get my nutrition from the soil in
which I grow, from sunlight, as well
as from the insects I eat. I like eating
ants, cockroaches, centipedes, flies,
and beetles. Inside my pitcher, there
are acidic fluids, which drown and
digest the prey after it falls in.
Despite being carnivorous, many
from my family give shelter to other
animals like the red crab spider.
Pitcher in trouble Did you know?
My family and I live in a very
small area, which is why we are Pitcher plants are also called
in constant danger of becoming ‘monkey cups’ because monkeys
extinct due to natural events.
Moreover, since we are the most have been observed drinking
unusual family of an unusual rainwater from the pitchers.
group, humans like to collect
us, because of which today Bring Pitcher back ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
our populations are critically
endangered. On Mount Kerinci, my CR
family and I live in the Seblat
KSeurminactir,at,hies hhiogmheesttomthoeunptiatcinheorfplant. National Park. The Convention EN
on International Trade in VU
Endangered Species list
protects us, which limits our
international trade. It is crucial
that humans stop collecting us
as trophies or soon my whole
family will be gone.
