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Because in their pitchers their is an enzyme that hold preservatives and decomposers. When an insect or sometimes mice or rats fall into the liquid they drown, decompose, and turn into nutrients for the plant.

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Is Nepenthes hamata dangerous to humans?

No, There is no carnivorous plants we know of that are dangerous to humans. Their liquid is just enzymes of preservatives and other things. I have a nepenthes Ventricosa x Boschiana, flytraps, Sarracenias, and sundews.


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Is a bindweed a carnivorous plant or a climbing plant or a cone bearing plant or a seasweed or a fern?

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What is the taxonomy of a Nepenthes hamata?

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Why some plants use insects and called carnivorous?

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