Meat-eating plants : toothless wonders / by Ellen Lawrence.
Material type:
TextSeries: Plant-ologyPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Bearport Pub., 2013.Description: 24 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 x 27 cmISBN: - 1617725897 (library binding)
- 9781617725890 (library binding)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 575.99 L419 | Available | 33111006995712 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Most plants get the nutrients they need to grow from the soil theyÆre in. Some plants, however, live in places where the soil isnÆt very good. How do they survive? They eat animals! Look inside to find out all the clever ways these plants catch unsuspecting insects and other animals in their deadly traps! Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trapped! -- Meat-eating plants -- Good-bye, fly! -- Food for energy -- A sticky end -- Shiny butterworts -- A watery end -- Trapped by a trick -- Insects beware! -- Science lab -- Science words.
"Most plants get the nutrients they need to grow from the soil they're in. Some plants, however, live in places where the soil isn't very good. How do they survive? They eat animals! Look inside to find out all the clever ways these plants catch unsuspecting insects and other animals in their deadly traps!"--P. [4] of cover.