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Show ATt)cWor!d 'RcxJot'Vcs riant That 71courj Mtat and T finti It. We all know t tin t rrrtnln plants nil orb and live on Insects, but It has only recently been illsiovcred thai there are some curious species ot plnnts that actually devour animal food when given i tlu-m in small mor- riy1.luuh1ois. like oya- 4-)ir I double leaf Is f closed up fiom Its base lo within about lliiee-qunrlcrs of its entire length. In tho front putt It Is do-lailnd. do-lailnd. Hie two pointed tops forming, ns It were, a pair of lips, or a mouth, hli h the plant rnn t.pen nt will. In-side In-side th.s mouth Is a kind of passage or throat which extends inward the IkuIv of the plant. The passage has a nunilior of hairy tills about It. which are very fuiiy, nnd nt I he end of each hit theie la a sticky aubstiince. When the plant opens lis mouth. It la evident Hint the (rup a then set. for upon any Insect entering it the lips close upon It at onre, furring It to the gummy substance of the throat. ilils sub-stanco sub-stanco has ptopertlea similar to thosa contained In Hie gnslrlo Jitlrei of the human stomach, which help to deroni-posoand deroni-posoand digest the food. When ao dl- g"s!nl the food nstilvea Itself Into a liquid whlrh la curried all over the Plant lo nourish and revive It. Tho most ninrveloua thing about this newly discovered specie! la that It can digest di-gest inch footl na small morsels of beef, fish ind egg gelatin, mine of whlth, dropped Into the open leaf, wert retained and apparently digested. At the ss tn o time nn thing of a itiirchy or billy iiibstance the lent or plant li not able to retain. It doe! not thereforo. close Its lips upon It, nnd II allowed to remain In the mouth th Plant will decay. |