Saturday, January 15, 2011

Answer to Challenge

Challenge #1

Subject Area: Nature

*It lives in select boggy areas in North and South Carolina but is endangered and today grows mostly in greenhouses.

*Its leaves have short, stiff hairs called "triggers" or "sensitive hairs."

*It secretes digestive juices to dissolve the soft inner part of what it catches; leftover parts are blown or washed away when it re-opens after five to twelve days.

*When anything touches the hairs enough to bend them, two lobes or leaves snap shut and trap whatever is inside.

*It is a carnivorous, insect-eating plant that also gathers nutrients from gases in the air and the soil.

Answer: Venus Fly Trap
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