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Carnivorous plants. The idea of plants eating animals conjures up visions of giant Venus’s flytraps making meals of humans in a Little Shop of Horrors or Triffids marauding across the English countryside. And indeed, these strange plants have inspired countless children’s books and science-fiction movies.
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Ellison, A.M. (2015). They Really Do Eat Insects. In: Boulter, C.J., Reiss, M.J., Sanders, D.L. (eds) Darwin-Inspired Learning. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-833-6_19
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