Carnivorous plants - like all plants - can make food from the sun's energy and carbon dioxide in the air and water from the ground. The insects that the carnivorous plants eat are devoured not for food but for the minerals they provide.
Deadly legacy
Deadly legacy Evidence that a spill of toxic waste into the
Guadalquivir river in Spain is having an effect on local wildlife
has been found in the area's bird populations. Blood samples from
birds along the river show that they have potentially lethal
amounts of heavy metals in their bodies. 24 OCTOBER 1998, P. 24
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