National Geographic-Tentacled, Carnivorous Plants Catapult Prey Into Traps

For many years a rare type of sundew, Drosera glanduliger, has puzzled scientist because of its two types of leafy things on it. The middle part of it, which is sticky, is normal for carnivorous plants but the second type of tentacle isn’t. Scientists were confused to what they were for and why they made a jerking movement. After some experiments, it was discovered that the tentacles actually catapult any bug into the sticky parts, that’s why it jerked all the time.

If I could have this plant I would, I love carnivorous plants, they’re so weird, in a good way. I had a Venus fly trap but it died. It is so weird how a plant eats bugs. It’s also cool how every part of the plant has its own function to how to survive.