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Which plant catches insects with sticky drops on its tentacles?
Answer: Sundew
Why: The genus name Drosera comes from the Greek word for dew, after the glistening drops on its hairs.
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Where do about half of all sundew species grow?
Answer: Australia
Why: Sundews grow wild on every continent except Antarctica, from Alaska to New Zealand.
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What epic poem gave tropical pitcher plants the name Nepenthes?
Answer: The Odyssey
Why: In Homer's Odyssey, nepenthes is a drug that drives away sorrow, and the Greek word means 'without grief'.
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Where do carnivorous plants get most of their energy?
Answer: Sunlight
Why: A 2017 study found that Venus flytraps also burn amino acids from their prey for extra energy, on top of photosynthesis.
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What did people in Scandinavia use butterwort leaves for?
Answer: Curdling milk
Why: Carl Linnaeus recorded this way of curdling milk with butterwort in Lapland, in his Flora Lapponica of 1737.
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How much water can the biggest Nepenthes rajah pitchers hold?
Answer: 3.5 litres
Why: Nepenthes rajah grows wild only on Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Borneo.
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