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The pitcher plant lacks nitrogen. In order to get nitrogen it catches the insect & digest its protein in an acid solution. The plant can then absorb the nitrogen compounds it needs to make its own compounds.

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Plants such as the Pitcher plant and Venus Flytrap depend on animals though they can make their own food in order to fulfil the nitrogen deficiency its environment lacks.

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they get there energy from the food they consume like insects

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