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Updated by Jonathan Rodriguez on May 22, 2017
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Top 10 Most Carnivorous Plants

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these are crazy!

these are crazy!
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10. Pinguicula

10. Pinguicula

Commonly known as the butterworts, and has sticky glandular leaves to trap and digest insects.

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9. Sarracenia

9. Sarracenia

Known as "trumpet pitchers" this plant has funnel shaped leaves to trap insects.

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8. Nepenthes

8. Nepenthes

These "monkey Cups" have evolved into a form of pitcher or funnel to trap and digest insects.

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7. Venus Flytraps

7. Venus Flytraps

Venus Fly Traps use hairs on the inner parts of the membrane of the leaves to determine and capture insects.

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6. Drosera

6. Drosera

Commonly known as sundews, these plants use mucilaginous glands that cover their leafy surface to trap and digest insects.

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5. Cobra Lily

5. Cobra Lily

This is a form of pitcher plant that does not trap rain water, but instead regulates the amount pumped from the roots.

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4. Genlisea

4. Genlisea

commonly called corkscrew plants, this plant uses it's very intricate roots to catch its insects.

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3. Pinguicula grandiflora

3. Pinguicula grandiflora

This is a temperate carnivorous plant commonly known as the "Large Flowered Butterwort"

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2. Nepenthes attenboroughii

2. Nepenthes attenboroughii

this plant produces some of the largest pitcher in the genus and is named after a celebrated sports broadcaster.

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1. Nepenthes rajah

1. Nepenthes rajah

The biggest of the pitcher plants with its pitchers big enough to capture small mammals like mice.

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Don't go in there!

Don't go in there!
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