Pitcher plant (Nepenthes)

Options

A. (a) has mouth covered with tiny hooks
B. (b) is not found in India
C. (c) cleverly traps and eats frogs, insects and mice
D. (d) emits sounds of high pitch to attract insects

Answer

C

Explanation

Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive fluid liquid. This liquid is no ordinary nectar. It actually contains chemicals (that are similar to those found in the stomach) that could slowly munch and swallow the skin of its prey until it dissolves completely-becoming the very juice that it once tried to drink. Much like the animals, pitcher plant "eats” frogs, insects and mice.