Eli5:how and why some plants have become carnivorous? And do those plants still require water and sun or is meat the only source of growth for them?

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Eli5:how and why some plants have become carnivorous? And do those plants still require water and sun or is meat the only source of growth for them?

In: Biology

Answer 1

They evolved to live in soil with very little nutrients. They still need water and sunlight, but they have to get the stuff that isn’t carbon, oxygen and water from *somewhere*, and that fly over there can double as drone delivered UberEats if the plant plays its cards right.