Plants (the carnivorous kind)

Hello Everyone!

Today I am going to talk about plants. I know plants aren't considered as "cool" as animals, but that is a lie. They are really cool, especially the Pitcher plant (Nepenthes macrophylla).
  
Where they live: only on the summit of a mountain on the island of Borneo (South East Asia)
Life length: at least three years
Diet: invertebrates ants, cockroaches, centipedes, flies and beetles
Number of seeds produces: 100 to 500 seeds

With their bright color and nectar, the plants draw insects into them, the insects then fall into the acidic liquid and drown.

They have spikes around their edges.

They differ in color, though the yellow body is the more common than the red.

They are endangered.

Habitat loss, because of logging and increased farming, has really hurt the number of plants.  

How To Help:

• Help save the rainforests of Borneo. Check out this website for interesting tips and information: http://borneo.live.radicaldesigns.org/index.php
• If you have the right environment/supplies grow this plant at home. Make sure you know what you are doing and be responsible. 
• Educate. I know I say this every time, but it is true. The more people that know about these plants, the more they care and will help.
• Get yourself and others interested in plants. People are always paying attention to animals but plants just don't get the same attention, and they need it. You may not be interested in meat eating plants (like me) but I'm sure there is a plant out there that YOU will love and you wouldn't want that plant to disappear just because people didn't know about it.

That's the Pitcher Plant. I hope you enjoyed this nature chat.
Stay tuned for something new,
KZ.