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Carnivorous plants like Nepenthes and Venus fly trap have nutritional adaptation. Which nutrients do they especially obtain and from where?

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Plants like Nepenthes and Venus fly trap etc., are found grouping in nitrogen deficient soil. To compensate, their body parts are modified to trap insects from which they obtain sufficient nitrogen for their survival. Hands they are carnivorous in nature.
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