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Explain How Bacteria Help Pitcher Plant Trap Prey
Title of Article: bacteria help pitcher plant trap prey

Author: Elizabeth Preston

Publication or Website: [ discover magazeine or http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2016/12/12/bacteria-help-pitcher-plants-trap-prey/#.WOFjNBLyvY1

Date of Publication: december 12,2016

The california pitcher plant is curled over hiding the exit from its prey, this plant was nicknamed cobra lily for just that reason.all pitcher plants are tubular and have water in them and on the inside walls, but one thing that makes this one special is that it gets its water from the root while other pitcher plants get theirs from the rainwater. Even with this major difference, like others it uses bacteria to help digest its prey. But thats not the only thing bacteria
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