Carnivorous Plants That Eat Animals

Carnivorous Plants That Eat Animals

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By Radiocity Team
Published Jul 28, 2025
This iconic plant traps insects with its fast-closing lobes triggered by tiny hair sensors on its surface.

Venus Flytrap: Fast-Snapping Jaws

This iconic plant traps insects with its fast-closing lobes triggered by tiny hair sensors on its surface.

Its deep cavity lures prey with nectar. Victims fall in and drown in the digestive fluid at the bottom.

Pitcher Plant: Death by Drowning

Its deep cavity lures prey with nectar. Victims fall in and drown in the digestive fluid at the bottom.

Covered in glue-like droplets, this plant traps bugs, which are slowly digested while stuck to its sticky arms.

Sundew: Sticky & Deadly Tentacles

Covered in glue-like droplets, this plant traps bugs, which are slowly digested while stuck to its sticky arms.

Bladderwort: Underwater Suction Trap

These aquatic plants have vacuum-like bladders that suck in tiny prey like water fleas in milliseconds.

Nepenthes: Monkey Cup Predators

Some giant species can trap not just bugs, but also frogs, lizards, and even small rodents inside their large pitchers.

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Cobra Lily: Deceptive Maze Trap

Shaped like a snake’s head, this plant confuses insects with false exits, eventually trapping and digesting them.

Byblis: Rainbow Killer

Despite its pretty appearance, Byblis lures and digests insects with sticky secretions on its sparkling tentacles.

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