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Carnivorous plants exhibit nutritional adaptation . Citting an example explain this fact.

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Carnivorous (insectivorous) plants are mainly found in nitrogen deficient soil. To make up the nitrogen deficiency, they have developed insect trapping mechanism in which leaves have taken the shape of a pitcher containing insect digesting proteolytic enzymes. They trap insect and absorb the nitrogen derived from them.
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