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Can pitcher plants eat mice? How big is it

Gustavo Fring
2020-03-09 09:26:31
Ordinary pitcher plant grass can't eat mice, but giant pitcher plant grass can catch mice. Its volume is very large, several times that of ordinary pitcher plant grass. The giant pitcher plant is about 30cm long. Like the ordinary pitcher plant, it attracts other prey by secreting liquid.

Can I eat mice?

General pitcher plants can't eat mice. Usually, the common pitcher plants can't eat mice. And the pitcher plant that can eat mice is very big. It's several times the plants we usually see. Common pitcher plant grass can only catch some small insects, such as flies, ants, mosquitoes, etc., it is also through catching insects to supplement nutrients.

How big is the pitcher plant?

Giant pitcher plant can catch mice. Its bottle like length is about 30cm, its width is generally about 16cm, and the largest one can reach more than 3m. It is no different from the common pitcher plant, but also through the secretion of liquid to absorb prey.

3. Morphological characteristics

It is a kind of terrestrial herb or liana, with cylindrical shape. Its leaves have no petioles or relatively small petioles. The length of rosette like leaves can reach 30 cm, and the width and length can be about 10 cm. This kind of giant pitcher plant grass, its insect catching cage can have 1.5 L, some also can exceed 2 L.

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